they are in a demographic death spiral and can t get out of it without without at least getting back to some sort of even keel with america s hispanics, the latino community but they re not moving toward that. the house this week passed a measure that would make it a federal crime to be in the country legally even though the supreme court has said that is not a crime. so do you think this house is going to pass immigration reform that the senate is talking about? of course, not. to julia s point, this is a man at least articulating a desire to engage with some of these issues. that does make him something of a contrast to people like michelle bachmann who we saw earlier this week. he is not a whacko bird on this particular issue but he is a whacko bird on other particular issues. julia, go ahead. yes, i was going to say that it s not just that he s stating this desire that yes, it s a little baal to say we should have a party that looks like the country if we wanted to be a
of this much discussed article, the new republic s julia yoffey and toure the much discussed co-host cycle. i ll start with you julia, because you won t get a word in edgeways if he starts? your fascinating piece in the new republic features the following quotation from senator paul who says democrats have done a better job of being a party of people from all walks of life and we need to do that. we need to have people with earrings, nose rings, tattoos, ties, without ties, pony tails, no pony tails. fast forward to the republican convention 2016, rand paul takes the dais and looks over a crowd where nose rings i guess are replaced by i guess barbara bush s sensible pearls. is that right? an. you know, i think he would hope to see a more diverse crowd with people ho aren t just white and old.