[I posted this earlier to Edsall’s piece]

The media of left and right descended on Walker like screaming banshees over his fairly innocuous statement about protecting American workers, which he had said the week before to Hannity. I wonder if it was a panic reaction to this report in NYT:

‘Two people who attended the event said they heard Mr. Koch go even further, indicating that Mr. Walker should be the Republican nominee.’

The idea that the pro immigration ‘reform’ Kochs and their almost $1 billion could go to an immigration infidel may have unhinged some.

All billionaires are pro reform – they like cheap labor.

How is it for blacks on the street, who don’t have government jobs, competing with desperate undocumented immigrants? How much of the alienation felt in Baltimore and elsewhere is due to that? What gives our elite the right to ignore our laws and force low skilled Americans to compete with them? Is it contemptible to want to protect American workers?

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/oct/09/americas-front-lines/

‘The fraction of those who were called back—indicating they would be considered for a job—was 31 percent for white applicants, 25 percent for Hispanic applicants, and 15 percent for black applicants.’