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Wednesday, December 14, 2005
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Andrew Sullivan: "The truth is: most Americans want to win in Iraq. They will back a president who is honest with them and dedicated to victory. And those of us who have been deeply critical of the war's conduct thus far are fully prepared to back the only commander-in-chief we've got, if he's honest with us, corrects mistakes, and has a sane plan for progress. With Casey and Khalilzad and Rice, I think we have the best team we have yet deployed in the war. Let's pass the McCain Amendment and put the abuse and torture issues behind us, and fight this war the way Americans have always fought: humanely but relentlessly, for a better, freer world."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
7:15:28 PM 
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Jim Spencer details some of the issues around immigration is his column in today's Denver Post [December 14, 2005, "Immigration economics vs. emotion"]. He writes, "The National Conference of State Legislatures invited [Roberto] Suro to speak to the bipartisan session. Legislators from several Western states attended. Suro's inclusion was a no-brainer. He directs the nonpartisan Pew Hispanic Center. His organization conducts scientific surveys and compiles scholarly research on immigration. Most experts agree that Suro knows his stuff...If the U.S. could seal the Mexican border Jan. 1 so that only legal migrants could cross, Suro said, this country would be 'short 600,000 workers in the coming year.' A head of winter lettuce would also rise dramatically in price, along with the cost of a restaurant meal and a new home. That isn't a call for letting illegal aliens come freely into the United States. It is a call to focus on what matters here: Economics, not emotions."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
6:38:26 AM
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