Refresh--and please check my Wall St Journal excerpts (post of 23 June 2006 10:30 PM.)

They put it pretty well.


And now the Democrats have an opportunity to both do good for the country and do well politically--by pushing for immigration reform which includes a path to citizenship for all illegal immigrants--without their leaving the US----and does not include the US-Mexico wall.

They should tell Bush those are the conditions. If he agrees, fine. If not, they may well be able to pass it--even over his veto.   The business community realizes this is the way to go.

And it's likely to have the added benefit of anchoring the fastest-growing ethnic group in the US firmly in the Democratic column. And probably splitting the Republicans badly for 2008.

Tancredo may not be Democrats' best friend--looks like Bush has that title--but Tancredo is #2.