What do the Florida Democratic Party, Giuliani, and the Immigration Bill Have in Common?

I couldn't figure out what to blog about this morning, but I still wanted to say a little something, so I thought a brief rundown of the day's news would hit the spot. It's Friday again -- praise Jesus -- and I'll do anything to avoid having to think about my day job (as an IT manager) for a few more minutes.

DNC's Dean Pushes Back in Primary Date Dispute With Florida

Did you hear about this? It seems Florida's Republican-controlled legislature and GOP governor signed a bill that Florida's must-be mentally deficient Democrats proposed to move ahead the state's presidential primary to Jan. 29, 2008. Isn't that like a week from now? States are jockeying for position on the calendar, claiming they're doing it to have more influence in the primary process. Why not hold it tomorrow then? Because then they'd be fighting over time of day. "New Hampshire's primary has always been at 6am!" and Florida would be all, "We're moving ours up to 5:45!"

I think this whole primary calendar shakeup thing is off target. It shouldn't be about who goes first. It should be about holding all the primaries as close together as possible. That would directly address the issue of undo influence that advocates of primary rescheduling claim they're trying to address. Hold all the primaries in the same week. That's how Blue Steel would do it if he were in charge.

This one's a clusterf*ck in the making. Dems will know who their nominee will be shortly after Christmas of next year, and that person is gonna be wearing a big 'ol bullseye for nine months. Hello, GOP! I'm your target!

Bush: Time to act on immigration

Talk about the blind leading the blind. "Each day our nation fails to act, the problem only grows worse," the president said at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast. "I will continue to work closely with members of both parties, to get past our differences, and pass a bill I can sign this year."

Sen. Harry Reid (D-ork) is working to revive the immigration bill. Uh... why? Why is he doing that? See, I think this is political opportunism at its worst. Do the Democratic leaders in Congress expect anyone -- even Democratic voters like me -- to believe that they sincerely want to work with the White House to pass THIS immigration bill? Come on. The bill is broken. Start over. I think this issue is now more about capitalizing on Republican division than about passing a bill that's good for America. What I see here are Congressional Democrats actually putting aside the needs of the country to score political points. Shame!

Giuliani Says He'd Consider Adding Troops in Iraq for Success

I think Rudy's about two years late here. At this point, it would take an awful lot of fact-based convincing for me to support any further troop increases in Iraq. Rudy said he'd consider an increase if General David "New Guy" Petraeus said the strategy was working.

Rudy, saying and proving are two different things, and the burden of proof rests heavy on the GOP and Petraeus to show that the surge strategy is working. Matter of fact, considering the widespread Iraq war skepticism that exists in America today, Patraeus would probably have more success building a bridge to China than he'd ever have convincing America that the surge is working. I can't see into the future, but I don't think the September surprise will be, "Baghdad is finally ours!"

• June 15, 2007

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