From MSNBC: When a Republican Congress was in charge, under Bush, they failed to pass immigration reform. Now, a Democratic president and Congress are in charge, and needing only a handful of Republicans to pass immigration reform. Because those Republicans won’t support immigration reform, border state Republicans are naturally blaming the lack of immigration reform on the Democratic president. Even before the president spoke last week on immigration, Republican political operative and [WAR CRIMINAL] Karl Rove, appeared on the Republican political operative news channel (Fox) to criticize the speech. He called himself a supporter of immigration reform and then said this is not the time to pass it.

Rove’s argument: Obama has not talked enough about immigration reform, then he listed the times he has talked about it. And also, that he’s not met with Republicans on the issue, apparently missing Mr. Obama’s mention of a meeting last summer. Mr. Rove then suggested Mr. Obama is talking about immigration now not because it will pass and not even to help Democrats in November, but because he thinks failing to pass immigration reform this year will help Mr. Obama in 2012.

Mr. Rove’s about the infusion of politics and immigration oddly not including Arizona’s governor, whose new web ad criticizes the president for not protecting America’s border — a web ad paid for by her political campaign.

Ugly Arizona Governor, Jan Brewer Appeals To Racist Base

As the “Associated Press” reported last month, crime is down along the border. It’s one of the safest regions in the country, in Phoenix, only 30 miles away. One of the country’s top four safest big cities, along with El Paso, Austin, and San Diego, all near a border.

Maybe she thinks she’s in a remake of “Marathon Man.” Is it safe? And those signs requested by federal rangers who work in the area, not by the Obama administration. The president, having assigned more than 1,000 additional troops to the border, pointing out last week that politics seems to be reason Republicans are now abandoning reform.

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Tea Party Candidate (Barry Wong) Targets Immigrants — Wants To Turn Off Their ‘Utilities‘

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Matt Drudge Makes Wild NAZI Accusation

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BONUS: Chris Mathews Grills GOP/Tea-Party Candidate Rick ‘Treasonous’ Barber

Chris Matthews played hardball Wednesday with Alabama congressional candidate Rick Barber. Barber — a tea party candidate whose founding fathers ad drew lots of attention last month — went head-to-head over Barber’s call to eliminate the federal income tax in favor of a consumption tax, with the “Hardball” host demanding that Barber give a rate for his proposed consumption tax. [ READ MORE ]

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