Hugh Hewitt just claimed that John McCain may be considering not supporting the GOP nominee: Now the key question is whether Senator McCain will stay in the party and support its nominee, a question which hasn’t been asked of him (or Tom Tancredo)and which should be, again and again until Read more…
McCain discusses Romney’s position on immigration: Maybe I should wait a of couple weeks and see if it changes. Maybe he can get out his small varmint gun and drive those Guatemalans off his yard. McCain refers to Romney’s general flip-floppery, Romney’s gun gaffes, and the illegals who take care Read more…
John McCain opened the call with a discussion of his speech, his discussion with Kyl, and immigration. He notes that immigration is a national security issue. And he also notes that there’s no smaller bill that can get through the Senate. Ann Althouse asks about the difficulty of running for Read more…
I was struck by this piece by Fred Kagan. First, he talks about violence: Though you may be getting the opposite impression from news reports, the sectarian violence that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had unleashed by destroying the Samarra Mosque in February 2006 has subsided. Measured weekly, sectarian killings are down Read more…
This is a deal breaker for me: “A merit-based system for allocating green cards may sound good for business,” said Mr. Hoffman, who is co-chairman of Compete America, a coalition of technology companies. “But after reviewing the proposal, we have concluded that it is the wrong approach and will not Read more…
I love stuff like this: Today, Obama’s team is collecting signatures to to pressure Sens. Gregg and Sununu to end the war in Iraq. Unoffiically, the event serves another,more Alinskian purpose. There are so many Obama volunteers statewide that the campaign itself cannot accomodate all the solicited help. So today’s Read more…
Hotline discusses the Des Moines Register’s new poll of Iowa likely caucusgoers. They say the numbers should be taken seriously, so I will. In this poll Mitt Romney gets 30% of the vote, John McCain gets 18%, and Rudy Giuliani gets 17%. I suspect that other polls will come out Read more…
Hugh Hewitt says: If Senator Kyl comes forward with a half dozen revisions which the GOP will insist on, including construction of the entire fence and additional barriers that were authorized last year’s law prior to the beginning of the “paperwork period” [his emphasis] for regularization … that citizenship is Read more…
John from Powerline says: JOHN adds: As I wrote last night, I think the immigration bill is dead on arrival. This morning’s Washington Times contains a pessimistic evaluation of the compromise’s prospects, titled "Illegals Deal Alienates Everyone." It includes this quote from Congressman Mike Pence: I don’t believe the Senate Read more…
So, I got the section-by-section analysis from Human Events. And I have some thoughts about the immigration bill. For most conservatives, there are two questions that matter. The first one is about border security provisions, and the second is about "amnesty." I’m going to address these in this post. There Read more…