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Adviser: Rand Paul offers immigrants ‘normalization, not citizenship’ in proposal

While Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) asked that fellow conservative Republicans become “part of the solution” regarding U.S. immigration laws on Tuesday, he did not endorse a path to citizenship for the country’s 11 million undocumented immigrants. The Washington Post reported that one of Paul’s advisers, speaking anonymously, denied previous reports…

Poll: Republicans claiming Obama is a Muslim doubled since 2008

Conservative Republicans who believe President Barack Obama is a Muslim have more than doubled since 2008, according to a survey on religion and politics released on Thursday. The Pew Research Center found that 34 percent of conservative Republicans now believe Obama, who is a Christian, is actually a Muslim, compared…

Study: The most conservative Republicans express lowest levels of speech complexity

The most conservative Republicans in Congress tend to speak at the lowest grade level, according to an analysis by the Sunlight Foundation. The analysis found that the more conservative a Republican was, the lower his or her speech level tended to be. But same is also partially true for lawmakers…