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1.  This Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry post did not get enough attention when it came out.  It has lots of good stuff.  One especially important observation: the GOP’s lack of a middle-class agenda makes it easier for their opponents to portray them as the party of white identity politics.

2.  Ramesh Ponnuru explains what is wrong with Rand Paul’s agenda.

3.  I was late getting to this little bit of shameless self-promotion a I shared some On The Square thoughts about why people who oppose a permanent legal underclass should also oppose the Gang of Eight bill.

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