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Numbers May Not Tip For GOP

By Edward Schumacher-Matos
BOSTON -- Some Republicans are crowing over the 2010 census, but any red state gains they make will depend on two big ifs: The party undergoes a virtual religious conversion and supports immigrants, or it gerrymanders like mad. Most news reports this week on the new population figures understated the size of the immigrant impact. If you add their American-born children, immigrants accounted for... (Read Full Article)
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