Philip Wolgin lists on Huffington Post his ideas for smaller items Congress could consider since CIR is effectively dead. Some are obvious, but others less so. They are

1. DREAM Act

2. AgJobs

3. Make the EB-1 category more reasonable.

4. Create a more reasonable bar on those accused of providing material support to terrorists to cover those essentially involuntarily providing the support.

5. Eliminate the one year bar on asylum claims.

One of the most reliable pundits when it comes to the math side of politics is the New York Times blogger Nate Silver. He actually comes from a sports background and was known as a master of sports statistics. I've been reading his five thirty-eight blog for the last couple of years and he's usually right on the mark. Nate has done some number crunching to verify claims that Latinos were undercounted in the polls and gave Democrats the margins needed to win in states where they have the largest populations.

His finding? Indeed, the NCLR polling I wrote about yesterday is confirmed.