Times Turns Thumbs Down On Immigration Deal
As a useful summary over at RealClearPolitics shows, initial response to last week's immigration deal in the nation's editorial pages has been relatively positive. But today, the New York Times came out with guns blazing and urged that the deal be rejected if it's not significantly improved, with the vast "guest-worker" program contemplated in the proposal being the major flashpoint.
Given the incredibly hostile reaction to the deal among so many Republicans, it won't take many Democratic defections to bring it down in Congress, if not in the Senate, then in the House. So the Times' position could wind up being pretty influential, particularly given the widespread if muted Democratic sentiment that a big Democratic year in 2008 could produce a better deal.
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