GMTA?

Captain Ed thinks that great minds are thinking alike on immigration but that it won't help President Bush much. Here's Ed's take:
George Bush won support for his immigration policies tonight, but the odds of this brightening the President's evening appear rather small. The support came from former President Jimmy Carter, a public statement that Bush' conservative opponents on immigration reform will not fail to note:
Former president Carter, a Democrat and frequent critic of President Bush, sees eye-to-eye with him on immigration.

Carter on Wednesday called the Republican president's commitment to immigration reform "quite admirable," saying he agrees with Bush's support of a system that would eventually grant citizenship to some illegals. ...

The law should secure the nation's borders while "at the same time treating those who are here with respect and giving them some hope for the future," Carter said.
Somehow I don't see this as making it any easier to get the House to support the administration's policy on amnesty/earned citizenship and a guest-worker program.
Ed, I've been thinking that President Bush's plan sounded reasonable, not great but reasonable, but with Jimmy Carter's endorsement, I'll have to rethink my position on this a bit.



Originally posted Wednesday, May 24, 2006, revised 25-May 1:15 AM

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