josh, we have the immigration vote today. everybody is wondering, what s going to happen in the house? karl rove has an op-ped in the wall street journal which i think is timed as a nudge to the house republican caucus where he says, look, the reality is the nonwhite voting share of the vote will keep growing. if the gop leaves nonwhite voters to the democrats, its margins in safe congressional districts and red states will dwindle not overnight but over years and decades. there s a lot made of the census numbers that this was in 2012, the first year when the white population decreased while other racial categories increase. the writing is on the wall. like, everyone understands. everyone understands this immigration bill is just like a threshold issue for the republican party. so what choice do they make in the house? well, i don t think they have any really good options politically. they don t. you cannot emphasize that enough. and i think that s why the
republican party. you see, because they are now face to face with this ascendant majority. this obama coalition that has won two national elections by fairly significant margins. they can either go down this road of chipping away at people s access to the polls, doubling down on white identity politics or find a way to broaden their coalition and make the grand old party more inclusive. the immigration bill heads to the house where republicans are at the crossroads. the values that unite the house republican caucus are the same ones that threaten to confine them to permanent minority justice. joining me now, baratunde thurston, columnist for fast company where he wrote this fantastic cover story about leaving the internet for 25 days which i definitely highly recommend. i recommend both the articles and leaving the internet once in a while. michelle goldberg, senior writer for newsweek and the daily beast. josh, we have the immigration vote today. everybody is wondering, what s g
we ve got immigration on the floor this afternoon. probably or possibly some big rulings on gay marriage or the voting rights act tomorrow from the supreme court. right. it s sort of like which political story won t make headlines in the next 24 hours, andrea. you re exactly right. remarkably busy. i think the most sort of important thing historically and the thing that has the longest lasting legacy is what we re waiting for today and will continue to wait for tomorrow, decisions on the voting rights act, proposition 8 in california as well as the defense of marriage act from the supreme court. they re expected to announce some decisions. we don t know which ones. assuming they ll partial those out. that, i think, is the biggest historical impact. let me throw one on, the immigration vote obviously a huge deal. i know you talked about it quite a bit in the show. the massachusetts special election, this is ed markey s way to markey v. gomez.
mother would always say, he was your first birthday present. the science of siblings. when we were little, i was like, can t i have a scooter or something? now it s awesome. we celebrated this week in cancun. his son evan graduated from high school, got the families together down there, and had a great time. that s adorable. happy birthday, mike. politico is looking at how chris christie s temporary senate appointment may impact the governor if he decides to run for president in 2016. negative political reaction to the choice, or what are you saying here? is this brand new new jersey senator jeff chiesa, who was the new jersey attorney general, sort of a lawyer for the governor, he s up in washington already casting huge votes. he d only been here 24 hours when he cast his first vote on immigration. he s going to have the big immigration vote coming up. some important nominations for obama, debt ceiling, all these big issues that an interim place holder, seat warmer senator usu
in this country. this has been it s been a rocky few days. we have seen intelligence leaks quite frankly like we haven t seen in quite some time. but, look, i think today s immigration vote shows that, you know, there are two tracks in washington, or there can be two tracks in washington. you re able to get stuff done as you re dealing with, even as important an issue as what we re dealing with on the national security side. now, he is getting attacks, a lot of people beating up on him. but this began under the bush administration, am i right? yeah. it absolutely did. and i mean, i do think in some ways we re in a different place in parts of the bush administration. there isn t warrantless wiretapping anymore. for anybody that has heard about the verizon phone logs, for anybody to get access to any of the information in something like that, they would be required to go to the foreign