PLAYING THE RACE CARD

Sen. Schumer: Immigration Issue GOP's 'Willie Horton': "Democrats leading their party's midterm election effort argued on Thursday that any Republican attempt to use immigration as a central campaign issue would backfire.

They cited Republican plans to hold hearings on illegal immigration around the country this summer, rather than passing immigration legislation in Congress, as a sign of the GOP strategy to motivate conservative voters.

'Republicans want to use this like Willie Horton in 1988 and gay marriage in 2004,' said Sen. Charles Schumer, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. 'It's no secret they want to use immigration as a political cudgel." Read on....