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Saturday, 18 August 2007
2007.08.18 Politics and National Defense Roundup

Immigration In '08
John Hinderaker

One of the oddities of the current political moment is that Republicans have suffered most of the political fallout from the ill-fated bipartisan effort at immigration reform, even though most Republicans' positions on immigration are much closer to the nation's mainstream than most Democrats'.

This has, I think, warped the perceptions of the pundit class. The conventional wisdom is that the American public has shifted to the Left. While I think there is some truth to that claim, I think it is also true that the President's mediocre standing in the polls, and some of his party's key losses in last November's elections, are attributable in part to Republicans' disenchantment with the administration's position on immigration, and the support of some Republicans in Congress for that position.

All of this will change in 2008. ...

Quick hits:

  • No room at the inn
    Don Surber: The Dionne quintuplets were born on May 28, 1934, to a humble, French-speaking couple in a farmhouse outside of Callander, Ontario, Canada. They were identical sisters and for the first 10 years of their lives, the five girls were the No. 1 tourism attraction in Canada. Then came free health care for all Canadians. Which is why the four identical Jepp sisters were born in Great Falls, Mont., instead of Calgary this weekend. The Canadian parents flew 325 miles to get to an American hospital. ...

Posted by Bill Faith on August 18, 2007 at 01:39 AM | Permalink

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