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Most of the blogosphere is finding that GWB's immigration speech last night was unimpressive at best. However, Dick Morris thinks it was excellent:
Arguably America's most prominent American political consultant, Dick Morris tells NewsMax that President Bush's key national address on immigration reform Monday night was "a great speech."
"It included all the elements it had to," said Morris, who noted the president is living through record low approval ratings.
But Morris conjectures Bush's border plan may help lay the ground work for a comeback.
Morris is almost universally credited with piloting Bill Clinton's stunning comeback re-election victory in 1996 after the Democrats lost Congress to the Republicans two years before.
The presidential plan to beef up the southern border fence in both real and virtual terms is both the "key to securing the border and securing the president's base," Morris opined.
As to Bush's vital guest worker proposal, Morris sees it as "the key to keeping the GOP competitive with Hispanic voters."
And leaving open paths to citizenship for those already in the country, albeit illegally, will serve to make "Latinos a GOP stronghold," Morris advised.
The bottom line is where this is all going to shake out. GWB has shown enough leadership that there's a possibility that Congress will take the ball and run with it to the finish line. From last night's interview of Glenn Reynolds, by Hugh Hewitt:
Hugh Hewitt: ...Glenn Reynolds, do you see the Senate getting something done before Memorial Day?
Glenn Reynolds: I think they almost have to.
Hugh Hewitt: And will it be acceptable to Republicans, generally?
Glenn Reynolds: My guess is yes. My guess is they're going to split the difference between the House and the Senate bill, and it will be good enough.
GWB has shown leadership. Now we have to keep up the pressure on GWB and Congress to get the job done.
