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Two things: First one is on the Immigration issue...Dick Armey was on FNC the other night and he explained the President's immigration bill as being designed to grant temporary amnesty to the workers who have originally come into this country Legally, but through inefficiency of the INS, have not had their papers processed after many years...this bill puts pressure on the INS to get the papers processed of these people who tried to use the system legally. This bill is not for the people who came here Illegally in the first place. I don't know about you, but that makes a huge difference to me in the way I think about this bill. Next, I have to agree with Rush when he says that he believes that the President is making some minor political decisions that may or may not adhere strictly to the party line at this time. He knows that the Supreme Court will not let this Campaign Finance bill stand, so why should he use up any political capital for our side at this time before an election that we hope to be triumphant in. After we get back in a position to push our agenda, he will. He just doesn't have the ability to overcome the Senate at this time, so why waste a lot of time making a lot of noise for nothing, save it for when it is effective. That's just good strategy and common sense.

Dick Armey was on FNC the other night and he explained the President's immigration bill as being designed to grant temporary amnesty to the workers who have originally come into this country Legally, but through inefficiency of the INS, have not had their papers processed after many years

Well, you can trust Armey, or your own eyes.

The problem I have is that he is willing to expend poltical capital on this issue, by pressuring Congress about it. Why didn't he pressure Congress to enact a CFR Bill that didn't trash the First Amendment, or put more pressure on the Dem Senators in the Judiciary Committee on the Pickering nomination?

Are the Mexican citizens more important than the Bill of Rights ? Apparently, in his estimation.