Tuesday, May 30, 2006
The Bull Moose Doesn't Get It on Immigration. Real Clear Politics Does.
The Bull Moose suggests a hidden dynamic to the immigration debate:
[T]here is far more than meets the eye concerning the [Republican] base's opposition to "amnesty." This is a case of transference where the right has displaced all of its anger and frustration over spending and the war on this issue. The right is truly in revolt.
Unfortunately for this analysis, the anti-amnesty crowd is not limited to conservative Republicans venting mindless dissatisfaction with the Bush White House.
Anti-amnesty forces span the ideological spectrum. They share a sense that the hard-working, taxpaying "silent majority" has been written off as old news by the powers that be.
Even as more U.S. jobs are exported, we are told that more foreign labor must be imported, and not just to pick lettuce. To add fuel to this economic fire, Americans are told they need to get with the program: learn Spanish and don't get upset when America's guests exalt the Mexican flag over Old Glory.
John McIntyre at Real Clear Politics gets it:
Republicans should understand that if there is a signing ceremony with President Bush, John McCain and Ted Kennedy on a compromise immigration bill that the Washington Post and New York Times praise, the GOP can kiss control of Congress good-bye.
And not just in 2006.
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