A coherent and intelligent analysis. However, I must say I disagree with a few of your premises. First, I think immigration to this country is a boom and benefits everyone (as it always has). Secondly, I think what is good for the top 100,000 is good for the rest of us and vice versa. When you start dividing people by class and viewing policy that way it is a slippery slope down to teh ash heap ofliberalism.
I agree with your assessment on Alberto Gonzalez (as somewhat of a RINO) and also agree that Bush is most likely to pick him for an open SCOTUS position, perhaps chief SCOTUS. I don't think this would be a disaster and yea there is a lot of politics to it. If there are two openings and we get Alberto and Janice Rogers, I'll be more than happy.
I'll start believing that when I read that George Bush and Hilary Clinton are encouraging their children to enlist - perhaps the "power elite" in this country ought to feel that their interests are aligned with those of the rest of us, but based on my experience they are increasingly so poorly educated (especial in 20th century American history) and besotted with the belief that they are members of of naturally ordained aristocracy that they fail to make the connection.
Your sentiment only works if everyone is getting 15 cents an hour.
If some are and some aren't, I challenge you to defend the statement if you were actually making 15 cents an hour.
I agree with your assessment on Alberto Gonzalez (as somewhat of a RINO) ... I don't think this would be a disaster
You will if a Second Amendment case comes up and he sides with the corporatists the way the Court just did with the Boys Downtown in the eminent-domain case.
Unless you're a RiNO and a Downtown Boy yourself, high and dry and out of the rain......and raining on everybody else.