Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Five Things You Weren't Told In Politico's Immigration 'Slow Death' Report

Five Things You Weren't Told In Politico's Immigration 'Slow Death' Report: In one of those somewhat silly and portentous "Behind the Curtain" reports Tuesday night, Politico hotshots Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen engaged in a high-profile piece of concern-trolling aimed at goading House Republicans into passing immigration reform. The dynamic left-wing duo said "immigration reform is headed for a slow death," and then went on to point out why this foregone conclusion can only result in existential doom for the Republican party as a whole.

The article is a nifty, obvious, and well-constructed piece of passive-aggressive partisan psychology. But there are a number of crucial pieces of information "Behind the Curtain" leaves, well, behind the curtain.

Here are five things VandeHei and Allen chose not to disclose:

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