Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had some unusually harsh words for his colleagues across the aisle. From Politico:

Reid became annoyed when [Univision's] Ramos asked him whether Democrats should be concerned about losing Latino votes in the midterm elections because of their failure to pass reform.

'What you just said is so senseless,' the senator shot back. 'I don't know how you can say anything like that, when Harry Reid, ninety percent of the Democrats in the Senate and Barack Obama, all want comprehensive immigration reform,' he said.

'I believe, as has been indicated in all the polling, that even people who are Hispanics, who identify as being Republicans, are walking away from the Republicans. This is an anti-immigrant party and (it) is very clear.'

Without naming them, Reid criticized Republican senators John McCain and Jon Kyl. McCain was once a supporter of reform, but he’s needed to tack right in a difficult Republican primary for reelection.

'We have Republican legislators all over the country focused on Arizona particularly, saying we are concerned about this because the federal government is not doing anything,' Reid said. 'The two senators from Arizona won't work with us, it's illogical to hear the state of Arizona complaining about the federal government not doing anything and the two Republican senators from Arizona won't join with us to do anything.'

While conventional wisdom holds that Reid is simply appealing to Latino voters, some new polling suggests that supporting immigration reform is actually smart politics when it comes to appealing to moderate and conservative voters. America's Voice commissioned Hart Research to conduct research comparing GOP and Democratic messaging on immigration reform in four right leaning states - Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri and Ohio - and found that in general, support for immigration reform goes up the more voters hear both Democratic and Republican messaging on the issue. Voters in those states backed the Democrats on the issue by 14 points after equal exposure to criticisms and Democratic responses. For those who think the wording of the questions are designed to elicit a pro-immigration response, I suggest you read the survey. It's eye opening.