How to lose the House
The Weekly Standard
by Fred Barnes, for the editors
Rarely has the American public been so involved in a national issue as they are today in immigration reform. Everybody has an opinion. Everybody agrees there's a crisis when, as is the case today, hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants are streaming across our southern border and millions more are already living in this country. The public expects action from the people who run Washington -- that's Bush and Republicans. But action is not what they will get if the enforcement-only House refuses to compromise. What they will get in that case is an impasse. And that means the crisis endures. The American people are not on the side of the House Republicans who favor toughened enforcement and nothing more... (for publication 05/29/06)
http://tinyurl.com/npxtp
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Fred Barnes, for the editors
Rarely has the American public been so involved in a national issue as they are today in immigration reform. Everybody has an opinion. Everybody agrees there's a crisis when, as is the case today, hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants are streaming across our southern border and millions more are already living in this country. The public expects action from the people who run Washington -- that's Bush and Republicans. But action is not what they will get if the enforcement-only House refuses to compromise. What they will get in that case is an impasse. And that means the crisis endures. The American people are not on the side of the House Republicans who favor toughened enforcement and nothing more... (for publication 05/29/06)
http://tinyurl.com/npxtp
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 22. Mai, 15:47
