Could a heavy emphasis on immigration reform be just what the Obama Administration needs to snatch victory from the jaws of probable electoral defeat?
For El Universal of Mexico, warning that anyone who writes off Obama ‘as another Carter’ will find themselves badly mistaken, Eduardo Valle writes in part.
The costs of these two wars [Iraq and Afghanistan] have undermined the economy, when – as if that weren’t enough – the housing bubble burst, and now even property rights have been found to have been infringed by serious financial “errors.” Homes have been taken from people who don’t owe a penny. Some will pay dearly for these “errors,” but for the time being, many of the proceedings for the removal of debtors have been suspended. It has suddenly become clear: the standing of the United States in the world today is “first among peers.” Nothing more, nothing less. Such is the multi-polar world we inherited after the Cold War.
But that doesn’t please a lot of angry White men who, after the Tea Party, loathe the cost and spending of Big Brother. And so they have taken over the entire Republican Party apparatus. According to the Associated Press, there are some 35 seats in Congress they can win. From Hawaii to Alaska, the angry White man shouts his frustration, and he may modify the make-up of Congress in November.
For the record, anyone who thinks Obama is another Carter is badly mistaken. The mulatto will use every lever of presidential power to look beyond the current situation. And that means, of course, advocating comprehensive immigration reform from the presidency. This would put Republican backs to the wall.
So at least this is hopeful news, whatever comes out of November. Even with a majority Republican Senate, this is an improbable but not impossible outcome. And it is yet to be seen whether some event or chain or events manages to rebuild the coalition of minorities and White liberals that elevated Barack Obama to the presidency. One mustn’t dismiss the possibility: the Tea Party has become all too visible.
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