What to do about in state tuition for undocumented kids when your base is racist?

The republican party is a joke. An ugly, racist, sexist, homophobic joke.

The Texas law allowing some illegal immigrants to pay in-state college tuition rates, a flashpoint issue that helped doom Republican Gov. Rick Perry's campaign for president, is set to be tweaked Thursday to remind students they promised to seek legal status.

Thursday's vote on a rule change by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is a small step toward putting more pressure on those students to follow up on their pledge.

They could have been much, much worse.