I'll disagree with you there. The results of the plan outlined in the speech will be a complete and total disaster. But, the speech itself was well crafted and it is bound to fool a large number of people into buying into President Bush's plan. He changed the tone of what he said and repackaged a few things. It was calculated to finesse his amnesty scheme and it may be successful in doing just that.
No disagreement there.
"But, the speech itself was well crafted and it is bound to fool a large number of people into buying into President Bush's plan."
Some people will no doubt be fooled by the PR packaging.
But there are an awful lot of us that know more about this one issue than any other issue. These people, likely voters most of them, are not going to be fooled by a slick approach.
If that's what the White House is counting on, then they too will be disappointed.
In other words, lets see how it goes with all of the phone calls, faxes and emails directed to our Washington crapweasels over the next few weeks. If the majority of the public is in fact duped, then this activity will be far lighter than it has been over the past month.
I believe that activity will not wane, and in fact may turn out to be even heavier than it has been.
We'll see.