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When Judge Susan Bolton granted an injunction halting the enforcement of key provisions of the Arizona immigration enforcement law, she ruled in favor of the Justice Department’s position, but against the president’s political interest.
Had the judge sustained this law, it would have made moot Obama’s opposition to the Arizona law. As it is, she has transformed the law into a big campaign issue against Obama. Now the president is standing in the way of a state that wants to enforce the law that he won’t.
The Arizona law is massively popular in the United States. Over 60 percent of all American voters support it. But the president has sought and has succeeded in stopping it from taking effect. Now this majority — close to two-thirds of the electorate — that backs the law will be able to focus their blame for its non-enforcement squarely on the president of the United States.
In the long term, the Bolton decision will likely be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court and Arizona will find itself vindicated. But, in the meantime, the decision endangers the re-election chances of three Democratic Congressmen from Arizona. Their constituents will not be satisfied with statements from these Democrats supporting the Arizona law. They will become embittered because Obama’s Justice Department has overridden their will.
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July 28th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
don’t forget Angle in NV. If she doesn’t use this as a cudgel on Reid’s head, she is hopeless.
July 28th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Here is one of Prince Harry’s links about the immigration issue:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39716.html
July 28th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
“Immigration reform critics are seizing on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s comments this week that seemed to downplay the number of illegal immigrants working construction jobs in Nevada, even though a recent study found that his home state had the largest percentage of undocumented workers in the country.”
So it is a huge problem in Nevada.
July 28th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
It is not a surprise to me that Reid did not know about the number of illegals in his state. This happens when you spend most of your time in Washington rather than in your home state.
Reid is doing what Lyndon Johnson used to do, albeit less successfully: talk conservative at home, but push the liberal pedal to the medal in D.C. This caught up to Tom Daschle, and let’s hope it results in defeat for Reid as well.
July 28th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
Well, that certainly makes me feel more optimistic…..Dick Frickin’ Morris, the World’s Most Inaccurate Prognosticator, predicts….wait for it…DOOM for the Democrats!!!
The very fact that you would reproduce this idiots predictions here is evidence, in my book, of just how desperate you are to believe in the popularity of your fringe whacko beliefs. DICK MORRIS!!!
Hey, you guys should be helping your Teabagger candidates pick out some drapes about now, right??
July 28th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Wingnut equivalent of “Journolist” existed long before it did:
“Rove also kept in touch with the party apparatus and leading conservatives. One important-looking confidential communication came in to Rove from one of Bush’s senior friends, so Bush took it to the Oval Office.
“Roger Ailes, former media guru for Bush’s father, had a message, Rove told the president. It had to be confidential because Ailes, a flamboyant and irreverent media executive, was currently the head of FOX News, the conservative-leaning television cable network that was enjoying high ratings. In that position, Ailes was not supposed to be giving political advice. His back-channel message: The American public would tolerate waiting and would be patient, but only as long as they were convinced that Bush was using the harshest measures possible. Support would dissipate if the public did not see Bush acting harshly.”
AND YOU KNOW IT.
July 28th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
LMFAO!!!
Damn straight. We meant to do this all along!!!!
I can see November from deep inside my ASS HOLE!!!! BWAHAHAMFAO!!!
Wingnuttia and the rest of the fringe kook 79% who are not Progressives are in for a BIG SURPRISE come November!!! BOOBS!!!
LMFAO!!!
July 28th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
He said Dick. hehe
July 28th, 2010 at 11:17 pm
McRock – “The very fact that you would reproduce this idiots predictions here is evidence, in my book, of just how desperate you are to believe in the popularity of your fringe whacko beliefs.”
Yeh, that’s right. You got us just where you want us. It’s definitely desperation time on the Right. We are shaking in our boots about the Liberal Onslaught that will be known this November!
July 29th, 2010 at 3:46 am
Does just the sound of Dick Morris’ voice make your skin crawl too?
The woman that confessed to sucking his toes was one desperate whore.
Isn’t there a tad more dignified pundit Republicans could be employing?
July 29th, 2010 at 4:03 am
Wingnut equivalent of “Journolist” existed long before it did:
You tell ‘em mcgoof!
I mean, what you posted is exactly the same as reporters from news organizations conspiring to frame stories to hurt Republicans and spike stories that would be politically damaging to Democrats.
Same thing!
Wow, are you dumb.
July 29th, 2010 at 4:27 am
To call McRock “dumb” is to insult person with IQs less than 80–you know, like Warner, MikeyW and Let’s Not Mention That.
July 29th, 2010 at 4:54 am
QOTD:
“The timing of the Journolist faux scandal could be a coincidence. The Daily Caller realized that they were getting a lot of hits with this, because above all other things, movement conservatives are motivated by resentment. Simply having a list of people they could enviously deem the “liberal elite” and obsessing over the fact that they talk to each other is basically enough to get movement conservatives riled up.”
~Amanda Marcotte
July 29th, 2010 at 4:59 am
“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools…” See you in November…
July 29th, 2010 at 5:31 am
Egad. Amanda Marcotte.
Simply having a list of people they could envidiously deem the “conservative racist bigot scum” and obsessing over the fact that they talk to each other is basically enough to get movement Progressives riled up.
Fixed it.
July 29th, 2010 at 6:16 am
This is great, short term will harm demotard elections, and the long term will both see the AZ law upheld in the SupCrt, as well as cause the public voters to distrust the demotards for a couple decades (at least).
July 29th, 2010 at 6:46 am
Unemployment ticks up to 9.6%. Obama goes on “The View” to discuss hardhitting world events. He must be exhausted. Time for another vacation.
July 29th, 2010 at 7:20 am
Isn’t it ironic how the democrats can come into power, but then be so quickly rejected by the vast majority of the American public?
Democrats are going to be destroyed over this for a generation. 0bama was gullible enough to not see that this was a giant political beartrap, and now it has snapped around his ankles just in time for the election.
Now, all anger and frustration over joblessness and illegals stealing our U.S. resources will be fully directed toward 0bama and the incompetent democrat monkeys.
Priceless.
July 29th, 2010 at 7:22 am
It’s kind of sad, but I agree with mCrock: Dick Morris is a poor prognosticator, about equal in credibility to Markos Moulitsos.