Krauthammer: Horsetrading on border security a "dereliction of duty"

SPIN METER: Defining 'border security'
Washington (AP) - You wouldn't know it from the public debate, but the U.S.-Mexico Border is more fortified now than it was even five Years ago. Far more agents Patrol it, more fences, barriers and technology protect it and Taxpayers are spending Billions more to reinforce it. Despite those efforts, calls for increased Border Security are elbowing out cries for an overhaul of U.S. Immigration Laws and inducing Congress and the administration to spend even more money on Border Enforcement....

Krauthammer on Obama using border security as a bargaining chip: “A dereliction of duty at the least” «
Senator Kyl has set off a firestorm after disclosing a private conversation he had with Obama about Border Security. Kyl is not someone know for fudging facts. He tells Tea partiers that Obama refuses to secure the Border because it will defeat amnesty. The Fox All-Stars discussed the political implications of Kyl’s revelation. Charles Krauthammer said Kyl’s remarks are undoubtedly true and that it is a scandal. For refusing to secure the Border and enforce the law, to achieve...

The Party of BP, And Proud Of It
Andrew Reinbach is Right . Deservedly or not, the political gods continue to smile on the Democrats, gifting them with an opposition so predictable and caricatured — from punishing the unemployed, to defending Wall Street — that they seem to be straight out of central casting. Now, the GOP has morphed into The Party of BP. After Rep. Joe Barton's Apology to BP , you'd think they would worry about being cast as "The Party of BP." Instead, they're actually embracing the...

SPIN METER: What's in a phrase? Whoever defines 'border security' shapes policy
Washington — You wouldn't know it from the public debate, but the U.S.-Mexico Border is more fortified now than it was even five Years ago. Far more agents Patrol it, more fences, barriers and technology protect it and Taxpayers are spending Billions more to reinforce it. Despite those efforts, calls for increased Border Security are elbowing out cries for an overhaul of U.S. Immigration Laws and inducing Congress and the administration to spend even more money on Border...

SPIN METER: Defining 'border security'
Washington (AP) - You wouldn't know it from the public debate, but the U.S.-Mexico Border is more fortified now than it was even five Years ago. Far more agents Patrol it, more fences, barriers and technology protect it and Taxpayers are spending Billions more to reinforce it. Despite those efforts, calls for increased Border Security are elbowing out cries for an overhaul of U.S. Immigration Laws and inducing Congress and the administration to spend even more money on Border Enforcement....

SPIN METER: Defining 'border security'
Washington — You wouldn't know it from the public debate, but the U.S.-Mexico Border is more fortified now than it was even five Years ago. Far more agents Patrol it, more fences, barriers and technology protect it and Taxpayers are spending Billions more to reinforce it. Despite those efforts, calls for increased Border Security are elbowing out cries for an overhaul of U.S. Immigration Laws and inducing Congress and the administration to spend even more money on Border...

SPIN METER: Defining 'border security'
Washington— You wouldn't know it from the public debate, but the U.S.-Mexico Border is more fortified now than it was even five Years ago. Far more agents Patrol it, more fences, barriers and technology protect it and Taxpayers are spending Billions more to reinforce it. Despite those efforts, calls for increased Border Security are elbowing out cries for an overhaul of U.S. Immigration Laws and inducing Congress and the administration to spend even more money on Border...

National bad mood puts Calif. incumbents at risk
Sacramento, CALIF. — Sacramento, Calif — Congressional Elections have traditionally been pretty easy on Rep. Dennis Cardoza, a four-term Democrat from Merced whose job security was never more apparent than when he sailed through the 2008 Election season unopposed. But Cardoza and a handful of his California colleagues may soon be longing for the good old days as they face tough battles to retain their seats. A struggling economy, a rising number of registered Independents and a...

Obama gets heat to lead on climate
With the Climate Change Bill edging closer to the Senate floor, President Barack Obama and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) are resuming their well-worn roles as reluctant dance partners. It’s an awkward thing to watch, especially as the duo gain ownership of a Controversial piece of Legislation that could very well crash and burn over the next couple of weeks.  Both Democrats support the idea of a comprehensive Climate Bill but neither wants to take the blame if it...

White House Pushes Back Against Kyl on Border Security
The White House on Monday disputed claims by Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl that President Barack Obama told him that he would not secure the U.S.-Mexico Border until Congress advances comprehensive Immigration Reform. LOG IN NOT A SUBSCRIBER Username Password Forget your password? Click here or Call 202-824-6800 Subscribe to Print and/or Online Click Here Hill Users have Free access, click Here to register.

Maverick: Obama Told Me Border Security Was Being Held Hostage To Amnesty, Too
Oh dearie dearie dear. I will say this for Mavs (I always say this): When he finally comes down on your side, it's with great force and impact. Krauthammer had this dynamite point: In a certain sense, it doesn't matter if Obama said this, because we know it's true either way. If he didn't say it, then all he did was succeed in preventing himself from uttering his true agenda in a naked Fashion. But either way, that is his agenda. He says so: He says he can't secure the Border unless...

Obama in 2004 advocates "Trading" Border Security for Amnesty
Obama in 2004 advocates “Trading” Border Security for Amnesty Still need to think who to believe between Jon Kyl and Obama in the whole “Border Security for amnesty” debacle? Naked Emperor News has released audio of Obama from 2004 in which he advocates “Trading” Border Security for amnesty! The very same thing Jon Kyl accused him of doing in a recent YouTube, in which the Obama regime denied. Seems that the pollo is coming home to roost.

New Audio: In 2004 Obama Advocated "Trading" Border Security for Amnesty
Who’s telling the truth, Jon Kyl or Barack Obama? Following up on Jon Kyl’s remarks, which I broke here at RedState this weekend , (that President Obama told him in a private, one-on-one meeting, in the Oval Office, that he would not secure the Border because if he were to do so then “you all” would have no reason to support “comprehensive Immigration Reform”) and what Sen. John McCain said on the floor of the Senate today (that a few weeks ago President...

Lazio: My disclosure form will come Thursday
Rick Lazio, the GOP’s designated Candidate for Governor, said he will release an unredacted copy of his Financial Disclosure form tomorrow. That’s two weeks after it was due to be filed with the State Commission on Public Integrity. Per statute, the form was due seven days after Lazio became a designated Candidate of the Republican Party. He failed to file on time, and on June 10 the Commission on Public Integrity sent him a letter asking for the form, and mistakenly telling him it...

Right-wing media vouch for Kyl's honesty despite his history of false claims
Right-wing Media tout Kyl's honesty Kilmeade: "Jon Kyl's integrity is beyond reproach." On the June 22 edition of Fox News FOX & Friends , discussing the video of Kyl making the flatly denied claim that Obama said he won't "secure the border," co-host Brian Kilmeade asserted, "Jon Kyl's integrity is beyond reproach." Doocy: Kyl "doesn't make stuff up." Discussing the video in a later segment on the June 22 FOX & Friends , Kilmeade said that "the problem with the White House...

Obama requests $600 million for border security
Reporting from Washington and Los Angeles — The Obama Administration formally asked Congress on Tuesday for $600 million in emergency funds to hire another 1,000 Border Patrol agents, acquire two Drones and enhance Security along the Southwest Border. The money would also pay for an additional 160 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and extra Border Patrol canine teams, according to a senior White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to...

Obama suggested border security tradeoff years ago
President Obama has wanted to trade secure Borders for a form of amnesty for Illegal Aliens for at least six years, an apparent recording of an interview on Chicago Public Radio reveals. The issue erupted last week when Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., said to a Town Hall Meeting in Arizona that Obama personally told him he would not secure the Border because Republicans then would have no reason to support comprehensive Immigration Reform. Today, the blog Naked Emperor News posted on YouTube.com an...

AUDIO: In 2004 Obama Advocated Trading Border Security for Amnesty
In a 2004 interview with Chicago Public Radio, President Obama's words are consistent with Sen. Kyl's recent remarks.

Obama 2004: 'Trade off' for border security should be amnesty
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DC on TV: Tucker Carlson talks Obama's golf game on Fox News
Tucker Carlson, editor of The Daily Caller, took to the airwaves Monday night to discuss the White House’s claims that President Obama’s trips to the Golf Course — 39 since his inauguration and seven since the beginning of the Gulf Oil Spill — “ do us all good as American Citizens .” The comment from Bill Burton, deputy Press Secretary, came just two days after Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel criticized BP CEO Tony Hayward for taking a trip on his yacht over...

Big Oil Maneuvering and Vestiture, or The Unified Theory of Obama Fail
As William Teach points out , the left blogosphere is freaking out over the revelation that the judge who overturned the Moratorium on deep-water Drilling has investments in Oil stocks. I would rather that that weren’t the case, honestly, but it is a demonstrable fact that the Obama Administration deliberately misrepresented the findings and recommendations of their panel of experts regarding what should be done . Ken Salazar is seeking the overturning of the overturning of the...

POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Wednesday, June 23, 2010
From CNN's Leslie Bentz The CNN Washington Bureau's morning speed read of the top stories making News from around the country and the world. Washington/POLITICAL For the latest political News: www.CNNPolitics.com CNN: South Carolina drama tops four Runoffs on Tuesday South Carolina Republicans made State Rep. Nikki Haley their first female Gubernatorial nominee, handing her an easy victory in her primary Runoff race against U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett. Haley just missed out on winning...

Elizabeth Warren Backs Emerging Consumer Protection Agency
Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard Professor who originated the idea of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, supports the current version of the bureau that Wall Street Reform conference Committee negotiators are settling on, she told the Huffington Post. Though her Endorsement isn't a ringing one, Warren, who chairs the congressional panel overseeing the Bailout, said that the version emerging from negotiators is strong enough to rein in abuses in the Lending industry despite exemptions that...

Obama Playing Politics With Borders, Gulf Spill, and KSM
Recently, Sec. Hillary Clinton made news by telling an Ecuadorean reporter that, sure enough, Obama plans to sue Arizona over its new law. Huh. That was news to Gov. Brewer. Nice way for her to find out for sure. But it begs the question, why. Why is Obama suing Arizona over its new law for real, not just the mealy mouthed circular logic BS Obama has been spewing? Well, Senator Kyl tells his constituents why, following a one-on-one conversation with Obama himself . Take a listen: Did...

Jeff Madrick: Big Government Myths Are Undermining Democracy and America's Future
Cross-posted from New Deal 2.0 . We have had two towering examples of the failure of unregulated Private enterprise before us, but still the push-back against Government intervention continues. The Oil Rig explosion in the Gulf and the collapse of credit around the world in 2008 have demonstrated more than at any time since the Great Depression the importance of bold, intelligent Government. Yet we are treated time and again to all the clichés about the merits of unrestrained Private...