Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Alabama’s Second Thoughts - NYTimes.com - Alabama’s stance on its extremist immigration law is shifting from defiance to damage control. -- Even if lawmakers accept Mr. Strange’s proposals, it still will not undo the harm — to the undocumented, to all Alabamians, to the state’s image and economy. This law is indefensible. The only solution is repeal. Unfortunately, too many of Alabama’s politicians still don’t get it. Mike Hubbard, the House speaker, vowed on Facebook, “we’re not going to repeal or weaken the law, acquiescing to liberal elites’ and the news media’s efforts to intimidate and shame Alabama.” And 12 senators have written to the governor, urging him not to retreat.


http://themeck.blogspot.com/2011/12/alabamas-second-thoughts-nytimescom.html


Year in review: The most troubling immigration trends - LATimes.com


http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2011/12/immigration-troubling-trends.html


Immigration law foes rally in Alabama - Tampa Bay Times


http://www.tampabay.com/incoming/immigration-law-foes-rally-in-alabama/1206835


Obama, Boehner square off in payroll tax fight - CNN.com


http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/20/politics/congress-payroll-tax-cut/index.html?hpt=hp_c1


Payroll tax cut down to who blinks first - Seung Min Kim and Carrie Budoff Brown - POLITICO.com


http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70724.html


Conservatives Remain Suspicious of Gingrich - NYTimes.com


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/us/politics/the-long-run-conservatives-remain-suspicious-of-gingrich.html?_r=1&hpw=&pagewanted=print



Tebow balances football, philanthropic work - WSJ.com - There's a quarterback Tim Tebow can't wait to meet while in Buffalo for a pivotal late-season game. A special guest showing up at his request. And no, it's not Bills great Jim Kelly. Tebow is bringing in Jacob Rainey, a highly touted prep player from a private school in Virginia who had part of his right leg amputated after suffering a severe knee injury during a fall scrimmage.


http://online.wsj.com/article/AP20a6f63e0a0741c68a21523cf427a73b.html

Tim Tebow: Slowly winning over John Elway, John Fox - The Early Lead - The Washington Post


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/post/tim-tebow-slowing-converts-john-elway-john-fox/2011/12/20/gIQAUujW7O_blog.html


Broncos' Tim Tebow familiar with Bills' Marcell Dareus - The Denver Post - "I have some good memories and some not so good memories." That's what Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow said today when asked about Buffalo rookie defensive lineman Marcell Dareus, the first-round pick out of Alabama.


http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_19588330


Woman cleared of sex-for-World Series-tickets charge - USATODAY


http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/12/woman-cleared-of-sex-for-series-tickets-charge/1


What's behind Obama's rising poll numbers? - CNN.com - A growing number of voters , 50% compared to 44% in March, trust Obama to solve the nation's problems while the percentage of those with faith in congressional Republicans is slipping, according to a CNN/ORC International Poll.


http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/20/politics/behind-obama-polls/index.html?hpt=hp_bn3