Monday, June 24, 2013

Conflicting Views

Michael Tomasky has an interesting column in The Daily Beast (Newsweek's on-line avatar). He writes of the conflict between what is good for individual Republican members of the House and what is good for Republican chances of electing another president.

His subject is the immigration reform bill moving through the Senate. If the bill does not pass the House, Tomasky concludes the following about Republican presidential prospects:
Its only future path to the White House will lie in stoking white resentment to fever levels to produce the highest turnout possible, while dividing the country even further.
Last Thursday we noted analyst Sean Trende has a somewhat different view of this issue.