Independent Voter Network's writer, Alan Markow, reported earlier this week on the difficulties facing the new StartUp Act 2.0, a bipartisan immigration bill. Here's another look at the bill, introduced on Tuesday. It faces an unknown future but definitely brings up another possible avenue for immigration reform.

"Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks is woefully underfunded compared to her main competitors in California's 26th District primary. An independent, she doesn't have a party apparatus or a natural donor base to lean on...Despite that, Parks has national Democrats scared that she could cost the party a much-needed seat in Congress.

Don't you think it's a bit ironic that the day after New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposes a ban on Big Gulp sodas, he honors National Donut Day in Madison Square Park?