Friday, May 07, 2010

Beyond the Spin: The politics of immigration

This column shows all the political difficulties that will be faced around reform. But the country should come first. Voters will just have to step up and back the people working on reform so they are voted back in, then everyone wins. - - Donna Poisl

Both parties are seeking an electoral edge instead of the right policy.

By George Curry, Inquirer Columnist

After intense sparring over the stimulus plan and a protracted debate over health-care reform, the U.S. Senate was poised to see the introduction of a bipartisan energy and climate bill by Democrat John Kerry of Massachusetts, Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, and Democrat-turned-independent Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut.

But what was almost a rare kumbaya moment was crushed by a familiar Washington interloper: politics.
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