Saturday, April 08, 2006

We Delude, You Decide

We Delude, You Decide By Mickey�Kaus:

"Specter of Defeat? Sen. Arlen Specter explained the apparent collapse of the vaunted 'breakthrough' Senate deal on immigration:

'It's not gone forward because there's a political advantage for Democrats not to have an immigration bill,' said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa.
He said Democrats perceive a benefit in having only a GOP-written House bill that criminalizes being an illegal immigrant. That bill has prompted massive protests across the country, including a march by 500,000 people in Los Angeles last month. [Emph added]

Is Specter right? Or has he been reading too much of the MSM's recent pro-protest coverage? The most recent Rasmussen robo-poll on immigration suggests the latter. It asked people to choose between two hypothetical candidates:"

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