The White House is reporting that close door discussions have begun in anticipation of the pro-amnesty March 21 rally to be held in Washington D.C.
The President sought to bring together Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to breathe new life into the immigration issue. The House bill has lost steam in recent months as the economy continues to stall, raising jobless numbers across the country.
According to Nick Shapiro, a White House spokesman, support for an immigration bill must also include improved border security, but the president’s commitment remains “unwavering.”
This news comes to the delight of Latino groups who were promised amnesty during the 2008 presidential campaign. However, the health care debate still faces uncertainty and most Democrats are squeamish about jumping into another political quagmire so close to the midterm elections.
Setting the political partisanship aside seems unlikely since Obama signaled his intent to push health care through in a reconciliation process unnerving most Republicans.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano defended the 2011 border budget at a meeting in Washington D.C., saying the cuts do not put national security at risk. Keep reading
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This should prove a real winner with swing voters!!
So lets see: the Democrat Caucus is turning on each other over healthcare and spending, so they turn to the only other thing which might irritate people more: illegal immigration.
It’s a long way to November 2010, and crowing now about a Republican wave is premature, but the Democrats are helping us every way they can. I’ll add that on a national level they work at a disadvantage: polling pretty regularly demonstrates this is a center right country, and so Republicans in power can move further to the right than Democrats can to the left.
To me personally, when I look at the Democrat Caucus in DC, I think they may actually be willing to jump off the cliff to pass some of the goals most of them have been mentally invested in since the ‘summer of love”. They think it’s their turn, finally.