Informative report about liberal attack ads against Republican senators who opposed passage of the DREAM Act. This story provides factual information about these efforts to recruit Hispanic voters, with useful context. However, I was disappointed that no Republican Senator involved in the DREAM Act vote is cited in this report: given that the ads target them, I would have expected to hear their views as key stakeholders in this story. Good reporting otherwise.

This is another well done audio story from Public Radio. It is reasonably complete, thoughtful.

I'm glad to have read this story because I had not heard much about the AZ debates in a while. I think its relevant and very important to cover the DREAM Act even if it never quite takes off. Why? Because staying informed about the government's decisions and the people's opinions is what drives communication. Also, dividing this article into several sections (A Threat To Their Dream?) was smart. With an abundance of information like this, it's best to organize and label it.

Starts out as an effort to report on the dream act vote and the reaction to it. It then regresses into an anti US sovereignty propaganda paper.

It is good journalism because it presents both sides of the debate. It isn't excellent journalism because it starts out framing the subject as an attack on GOP. However, I try to imagine myself on the other side of the debate and how I would react to the article. All in all I would probably view it as bad news; but I would have no argument against its accuracy.

This article is important for the voters of the upcoming elections. I feel that the article does cross a few fault lines like race, class, geography and generation. Depending on where you are from, or what state you live in this Dream Act can effect you. Also, although you may not be an immigrant, depending on your race you might be mistaken as one. The different classes show whether this act will help you anymore than you can help yourself, and depending on your generation, this Dream Act may or may not pertain to you if you are not young enough.

This story does a good job at identifying that the democrats are after the Latino vote to support the dream act and democrat officials in general but it does not take into account the non Latino voters. While the Latino votes will play a significant role in the outcome of the acts acceptance it is not the only factor. Also, there is a big generaltional aspect to this issue that was not really adressed in the story. Since it only applies to people under 36 and enrolled in college there should be a focus on gaining the youth Latino vote as well.