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From: LindyBill6/29/2006 7:00:25 PM
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Betsy's page - I don't know how easily and quickly it will pass, but I predict it will pass over lots of huffing and puffing by the Democrats in Congress. And that will all work, contrary to how the media sees this situation now, to the GOP's advantage. The Republicans benefit when the focus comes back to national security and the war in Iraq. The Democrats want to keep the focus on domestic issues, but those darn concerns with all the terrorists and the war in Iraq keep cropping up. How they must hate that. They even wrote a platform for the 2006 election without any mention of terrorists or the war in Iraq. They know that they can't win control of Congress just by appealing to those who oppose the war in Iraq so they need to sound tough on terrorism. A debate over how to treat people like Osama's chauffeur does not play to their strengths.

Bush's poll numbers have been creeping up in the past few weeks. Not much, but at least they're heading north. I suspect that just about all of the increase comes from Republicans and conservatives who had been fed up with Bush on immigration and spending. But the debate over setting a deadline for pulling out of Iraq and the discussion of the New York Times's publishing the SWIFT story reminded Republicans of why they don't trust the Democratic politicians to have the control of the country while terrorism is still the major issue facing the country.

And if the Senate comes around to agreeing that we need to settle the border security problems first, as is seeming more likely, before tackling a path to citizenship or a guest worker problem, more of those Republicans who were so angry over immigration will return to the fold. And if we're going to talk about the economy, there is always this and similar stories.

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