Introducing GOP re-branding failure number... oh, we've lost count. But here's a Kansas GOP lawmaker who thinks his party's effort to reach out to Latinos/Hispanics to be a bunch of hooey.

You may have heard that the birthrate in the United States is on the decline. It's true. But if you listen to pundits who insist that Latino families, and particularly Mexican immigrants, keep churning out babies, now you can respond with some real statistics: Latinas are having smaller families too.

The recession may have officially ended two years ago, but the fallout from the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression will still be with us for some time to come.

A Pew Hispanic Center poll finds that a majority of Latinos now favor marriage equality, 52 to 32 percent, marking an 18-point leap in support between 2009 and 2012.