Senate Democrats failed just now in their first attempt to secure cloture on the DISCLOSE Act, but have said they will try again in the next several days. The failure was assured by the absence of Democrat-caucusing Sen. Joe Lieberman (I., Conn.).
Amnesty advocates are still clinging to the fiction that a “comprehensive” immigration bill is possible this year. The reality is, as a “veteran Senate lobbyist” tells the Post , “immigration is deader than a doornail.” This is why the amnesty crowd is getting testy with their man in the White House. Luis Gutierrez, amnesty’s loudest champion in the House, said of the president’s state of the union speech, “He was very weak on immigration, lackadaisical.” And Frank Sharry, one of the top left-wing amnesty lobbyists, said, “I had very low expectations, but [the president] surprised even me with how little he said.” I know schadenfreude is an unworthy sentiment, but in the absence of real victory (i.e., reducing immigration), it’ll have to do.
Much more from Allah: “The more I read, the more I think the only difference between this and an atomic bomb being dropped is the absence of radiation.” And in case you didn’t read, The One asked, as Allah…
For your overnight viewing pleasure. The other Erick linked to this video here.
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“Obama told us we were on the precipice. That seemed rather, well, scary. People fall off such things and sometimes die. Then we heard that health care had to pass now — or never. No president will ever try this again, although Obama did so after Bill Clinton failed. Now Obama says we have to pass it or go bankrupt
