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President Bush Addresses the Nation on Immigration Reform — Fact Sheet: Overview: Comprehensive Immigration Reform — THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. I've asked for a few minutes of your time to discuss a matter of national importance — the reform of America's immigration system.
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Hugh Hewitt:
A Very Good Start —Finally. (UPDATED to Reflect My Amazement At the Non-Follow-Up Follow Up) — President Bush did exactly what he had to do tonight: Hit the middle, agreeing to the fence, to a large increase in Border Patrol personnel and funding, tamper-proof identification …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
HE HAD HIS CHANCE... ...and he blew it. He should have given the speech I told him to. As soon as he started talking about guest worker programs and the impossibility of deporting 11 million illegals, it was all over. President Bush keeps trying to find the middle ground, on this and many other issues.
Associated Press:
Text of Bush's Speech on Immigration — Text of President Bush's speech on immigration Monday night: — Good evening. I have asked for a few minutes of your time to discuss a matter of national importance: the reform of America's immigration system. — The issue of immigration stirs …
CNN:
Bush: U.S. 'a lawful society and a welcoming society' — WASHINGTON (CNN) — In an address to the nation Monday evening, President Bush called for Congress to pass comprehensive immigration that strengthens border security, enforces immigration laws and includes a guest-worker program.
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Michelle Malkin:
SAME OLD, SAME OLD — 11pm EDT update: Video highlights of tonight's O'Reilly Factor in which I try to make O'Reilly see the light here. — 1030pm EDT update: — The only good thing about watching the speech was getting to watch it in the Fox News green room with Colorado GOP Rep. Tom Tancredo …
Washington Post:
On Immigration, Bush Seeks 'Middle Ground' — President to Send 6,000 Guard Troops to Mexican Border — President Bush said last night that he will dispatch 6,000 National Guard troops starting next month to help secure the porous U.S.-Mexican border, calling on a divided Congress and country to find …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Immigration Speech: Reaction — I apologize; circumstances kept me from live-blogging the speech, but I did hear the entire event along with having read the speech just before its delivery. — My initial reaction? President Bush tried reaching for the center — a position he has occupied on this issue all along.
The Blotter:
Federal Source to ABC News: We Know Who You're Calling — Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report: — A senior federal law enforcement official tells ABC News the government is tracking the phone numbers we (Brian Ross and Richard Esposito) call in an effort to root out confidential sources.
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The Blotter:
FBI Acknowledges: Journalists Phone Records are Fair Game — Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report: — The FBI acknowledged late Monday that it is increasingly seeking reporters' phone records in leak investigations. — "It used to be very hard and complicated to do this …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:Same As It Ever Was — In light of today's predictable revelations …
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WorldNetDaily:
Against a fence — Dear Jorge plans to address the nation tonight, a speech wherein he will almost surely attempt to deceive citizens into believing that he does not wish the mass migration from Mexico to continue unabated. He will likely offer some negligible resources for law enforcement …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Final Solution — Dear God. Crooks and Liars caught the World Net Daily making explicit arguments that the US should use the example of Nazi Germany to expel illegal immigrants: … "Rid themsleves" is an interesting way of putting it, don't you think? I'm not surprised at this.
Chip Somodevilla / MSNBC:
A final word from Karl Rove? — Bush strategist addresses conservative think tank as Democrats see demise — Karl Rove, the White House deputy chief of staff, addressed a meeting of the American Enterprise Institute on Monday. Rove acknowledged President Bush's sinking poll numbers …
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Media Matters for America:"Liberal" Time columnist Klein fired Rove's first shots against '06 Democrats
Kevin Aylward / Wizbang:KARL ROVE INDICTED FOR PERJURY?
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brusselsjournal.com:
If I Get Hurt, Blame Father Leman — During the past few weeks I have been under attack from the Belgian Left and the media. In February the editor in chief of the mass circulation weekly Knack (a supposedly centrist publication) wrote a piece entitled "Paul Belien and His Pals," …
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Robert Rector / Heritage Foundation:
Senate Immigration Bill Would Allow 100 Million New Legal Immigrants over the Next Twenty Years — If enacted, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act (CIRA, S.2611) would be the most dramatic change in immigration law in 80 years, allowing an estimated 103 million persons to legally immigrate …
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Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
Living in the World of Thatcher & Reagan — As Washington insiders pore over the latest low job-approval ratings for George W. Bush, and as aficionados of British politics ponder the latest low ratings of Tony Blair, let's take a longer look at the political ebb and flow in America and Britain over the last quarter century or so.
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