Morning Briefing
For June 13, 2013
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1. No More Games
So many
conservatives have been dancing around the issue of Senator Marco
Rubio’s collaboration with Chuck Schumer to pass comprehensive
immigration reform.
We have
blamed his staff. We have blamed Democrats. We all like and respect the
Senator, even if we disagree on this issue. We do not want to blame him
for the mess the GOP now finds itself in holding a legislative tiger by
the tail.
But
having, by virtue of my radio show, listened over and over to those
awful pro-immigration reform ads between my monologues, I think we need
to stop playing games.
I say this because either Marco Rubio is being played the fool or we are being
played the fool by Senator Rubio. He has become the face of support for
this legislation and much of the support of the legislation from those
on the right has come because of the good will so many of us have for
Senator Rubio.
I am in
the awkward position of being to the left of the Republican base. I
support immigration reform that leaves illegal aliens in the United
States and provides them a path to legal work, though not citizenship. I know a
number of illegal aliens and represented a good many of them
when I was a lawyer. They, having been unfairly treated by others due to their
status, relied on me to redress clear wrongs against them.
These were good, hardworking people who wanted to comply with the law, wanted
to
work, and wanted to send money home to support families in their native
countries. They did not want citizenship. They wanted a paycheck. I am
to the left of my readers in supporting their right to stay here and
earn a paycheck. I am to the left of my readers in that I oppose
mandatory E-Verify. In my mind, no employer should ever have to ask the
government if it can or cannot hire a worker.
But I am
to the right of the Senate Republicans and Senator Rubio. The solution
they propose will do nothing to stem the tide of illegal aliens coming
into this country. This law will expand bureaucracy and will, claims to
the contrary notwithstanding, expand the welfare state.
What’s
more, Senate Republicans and Democrats are now collaborating on
“improvements” to the legislation that do not actually improve the law,
but rather provide cover for various Democrats and Republicans to make
sure the votes are there for passage while ensuring those in tough spots can
still vote against it and claim they opposed what they really,
privately support.
Senator
John Cornyn, chief among the Republicans now, is playing that game. He
is offering up an amendment that supposedly will secure the border
before setting up a pathway to citizenship. His amendment really does
not do that, but provides a cover for Republicans to claim the
amendment, and the law once the amendment passes, would.
That brings us back to Senator Rubio. . . . please click here for the rest of
the post →
2. The Statue Quo is Eminently Better Than Bad Legislation
Speaker Boehner announced that he will bring the farm bill to the floor and
personally vote for it. This is a sharp departure from his previous statements
railing against the
Soviet-style subsidies and productions quotas for sugar and dairy
farming. Hence, he is caving on one of the few issues for which he has always
shown intrepid conviction. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. Wisconsin Democrats looking at “Anybody But ME!” for Governor race?
Democrats in Wisconsin want you to know: they’re going to be on the stick for
2014!
"Wisconsin Democrats repeatedly made the argument at their state convention
over
the weekend that Governor Scott Walker needs to be defeated in 2014."
Hear that! They’re tanned! Rested! And ready to go!
"However, there continue to be few hints about exactly who will take on that
challenge in the coming months."
…Oh. Right. One of them will have to actually volunteer to walk into the
buzzsaw. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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