FASCINATING DISTRICT IN OUR "ROGUE" STATE – AT 8:48 A.M. ET:  The Obama administration seems to be engaged in a war against only one sovereign state in the world – Arizona.  And it actually got help from an Arizona congressman.  What is happening to that guy?  Michael Barone reports:

Amazing! Here’s a poll (by a firm unknown to me) showing Republican challenger Ruth McClung leading four–term Democratic incumbent Raul Grijalva 39%-37% in Arizona 7. This district was designed to be Arizona’s second Hispanic majority House district (it was 54% Hispanic in 2000) and to be safe Democratic (it voted 57%-42% for Barack Obama in 2008 and 57%-43% for John Kerry in 2004). So it would be amazing if rocket scientist McClung (yes, apparently she actually is a rocket scientist) won here.

What’s interesting here is that Grijalva has supported the tourist boycott of Arizona in retaliation for the passage of Senate Bill 1070 which he, like Barack Obama, has portrayed as a grievous violation of civil liberties.  Apparently some voters in Arizona 7 don’t want their state boycotted.

The Democrats treat Hispanics the same way they treat African-Americans:  They believe they'll vote for anyone of their ethnic group and blindly follow the party.  The various Hispanic communities, however, are developing quite an independent streak, and the Democratic attitude of "they're in our pocket" may be in for a rude shock.

Latest polling from Arizona indicates that the GOP can conceivably make a solid dent in the Arizona House delegation, currently 5-3 Democratic. 

October 13, 2010