not something barack obama lacks. i do feel for some of the people in arizona and these other states who are suffering under it, and i understand the impetus behind it, but if the former governor of alaska could get her own party on board, they could actually pass some pretty strong immigration reforms and punish those who are here illegally, secure the border and move forward. it s the republicans who are blocking it. i think there is a cojones gap in this case, and that is, if the president really believed now is the time for comprehensive immigration reform, he would have to make the case for it. there are a lot of folks in the american public who resist this idea, take a different view. and if he really backed it, he would go out, barnstorm and make that argument. time and again, a lot of people on the left have been frustrated with the president s failure to make the case for the public option. and here again, why isn t he making that argument? is it because there s going to be
in arizona and these other states who are suffering under it, and i understand the impetus behind it, but if the former governor of alaska could get her own party on board, they could actually pass some pretty strong immigration reforms and punish those who are here illegally, secure the border and move forward. it s the republicans who are blocking it. i think there is a cojones gap in this case, and that is, if the president really believed now is the time for comprehensive immigration reform, he would have to make the case for it. there are a lot of folks in the american public who resist this idea, take a different view. and if he really backed it, he would go out, barnstorm and make that argument. time and again, a lot of people on the left have been frustrated with the president s failure to make the case for the public option. and here again, why isn t he making that argument? is it because there s going to be a short-term political cost, if that s the reason? that s what cojo