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"There's two voices right now, and the noisy one is what I call the slam-the-borders crowd," Armey said. "The voice we want to speak with — and the one that will be in unison with President Bush — is the voice that echoes those marvelous words on the Statue of Liberty."

What a load of crap! The "slam-the-borders crowd" wants them slammed so we can the begin an orderly entry process, not to keep people out forever.

"To me, the Tancredo wing appeals to the more prurient character of our nature," Armey added. "We want to talk to the better angels of our nature."

He means the greedy/vote-pandering angels.

Organizers say the new coalition is patterned after groups formed to press for Bush's overhaul of Social Security and his successful 2003 push for a Medicare prescription drug program — a new aspect of Republican strategy in which corporations and other interest groups are tapped to help move public opinion in favor of a policy initiative.

Social security, what a waste of time and "political capital" that's been so far, while gas prices soar over $2.50/gal. And prescription drugs? Another Big Govt. vote-pandering to seniors.

Admission into the new coalition costs between $50,000 and $250,000. The proceeds are expected to pay for a political-style campaign for an approach to immigration that combines heightened border security with a guest-worker program of some sort, creating an environment that the White House believes will be more favorable for Bush to step back into the fray.

So our C-i-C in the War on Terror is scared to "step back into the fray" on securing his own country's borders??

Tancredo accused the administration of forging an alliance with business executives who view migrants as a path to greater profits.

Bingo! And the rest of us soon-to-be minimum wage slobs will then have to vote Democrat, I guess, in order to get an increase.

A guest-worker program is favored by many Latinos and by businesses, many of them major GOP donors that depend on a steady flow of workers from Mexico and other countries.

Corporations and advocacy groups with a direct interest in immigration — including those who need skilled high-tech workers, farm laborers and university teaching assistants — are being aggressively targeted for membership. Those being courted include Microsoft Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and groups representing academic institutions, restaurants, hotels, landscaping firms, hospitals and nurses.

Why stop there? Let them all come in.