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Shock for the Republicans: In a primary election, congressional majority leader Eric Cantor lost to his tea party challenger.

If establishment Republicans want to attract tea party voters, they will have to turn even further to the right, but that means rejection of immigration reform, with the loss of Latino votes as a consequence, without which they have no chance of winning the 2016 election.

The right has dominated American politics for nearly 30 years. Now we might be facing a definitive moment: The era of Reagan could be replaced by the era of Obama.

It’s remarkable that a team known for near military style discipline during the campaign, the Obama transition team is losing control of the news situation.

Discrimination and prejudice cannot be abided. But it is also a fact that in pursuit of the worthy cause of eradicating them, there are forces that aim to recklessly destroy tradition or secure advantage.

The State Department has moved from setting up Twitter accounts in various languages to an even more direct strategy. Kerry met with various bloggers in China last week, and this week, Ryan took part in an online chat about a Muslim superhero as part of the Comic-Con international comic conference in San Diego.

We, the fifty-plus generation, don’t want to hear that sad 1963 song ever again: <br />'And when I got to America, I say it blew my mind.'