If this is already posted, I am sorry.

[Joe for Clark]

By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent
44 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - The Senate rejected a call Tuesday to secure the nation's borders before tackling other immigration-related concerns such as citizenship for millions of men and women in the country illegally, a victory for President Bush and supporters of a comprehensive approach to a volatile election-year issue.

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The vote was 55-40 against a proposal by Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga, who said that anything less than a border security-first approach amounted to "a wink and a nod one more time to those who would come here" unlawfully.


IMO - that speech by W last night was a true "Hail Mary" - in football parlance - clearly, it didn't go too far. It doesn't matter what the national concensus was in terms of the W proposal - really. It only mattered in terms of if W could appease both sides of his base - he reallly failed. Like I said, every gop side has something to be pissed about today. I think it is really simple human nature, that when you already have questions about someone, and they speak - you really only see the negative side of the talk. Karl must be VERY distracted to try something like this.

We need to be thinking how much we win by, and can we walk away from November with a true mandate. This gop administration is toast.

Joe