Another attempt at scoring cheap political points.
Another miserable failure.
The Bush Administration and failure: two things running hand in hand these days.
As Jose F. watched President Bush's address from an apartment on this city's Northwest side, he shook his head fiercely at moments: at the prospect of tamper-proof identification cards for legal workers, at the many mentions of increased border security, and at what he saw, in the end, as uncertainty of the future Mr. Bush intended for illegal immigrants like himself.
In Houston, meanwhile, Louise Whiteford watched the president with equal skepticism. Ms. Whiteford, president of Texans for Immigration Reform, a group opposed to illegal immigration and founded in 1999, swiftly took issue with several of Mr. Bush's promises and accomplishments, including an increase in the Border Patrol to 12,000 agents from 9,000 since his administration took over.
If Jose F. and Ms. Whiteford were any indication, Mr. Bush managed to disappoint people on both sides of the immigration debate on Monday night. Each side said it had hoped to hear more encouraging words over an issue that has become a showdown in Congress and on the streets of cities like Los Angeles and Chicago. Each side saw hints of an extended fight ahead.
These guys couldn't be any more out of the loop and not connected with reality if they tried.
Another huge miss and nationwide embarrassment for the Bush camp.
Tags: [President's Middle Path Disappoints Both Sides Of Sharply Divisive Immigration Issue], [Bush], [another attempt at scoring cheap political points], [out of the loop], [an issue that has become a showdown in Congress and on the streets of cities like Los Angeles and Chicago], [Texans for Immigration Reform]
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