Democrats need to get their minds around this, and they need to do it in a hurry.  The 2006 Congressional elections are not about "reaching across the isle"in any way whatsoever.  On the contrary, they are going to be, as they have been for the past three election cycles at least, totally about partisanship.

Tony Snow threw down the gauntlet, tipping us off as to Rove's scheme for the upcoming elections.  And in a nutshell, Rove will have the main stream media explaining over and over about how far to the left Democrats have moved, and how Americans cannot trust a bunch of extreme left-wingers to run the country.  For Rove and the Republicans, it is a pretty good plan.  Rove is a master of deceit and misdirection, and let's face it, the man knows how to scheme.  Painting Democrats as a threat is old hat for this bunch - and you'd better believe, they are poised to do it again.

However, there is one certain way, and as it happens, a necessary way, to defeat this strategy.

Embrace it.

Speech Outlines Plan For Immigration, Citizenship, National Biometric ID's, And Closed Borders
We've got the Freepers and Red Staters to take Bush's speech on immigration as the implacable, infallible word of God, so I thought I'd tackle the worst case scenario I see represented in Bush's words tonight.  If one looks in the right places, one can indeed picture the emerging Police State which Bush promises us in such civilized words. You see, Bush's immigration plan isn't really about keeping people out; it is more about keeping people in.

Let's take it point by point.  President Bush:

First, the United States must secure its borders. This is a basic responsibility of a sovereign nation. It is also an urgent requirement of our national security. Our objective is straightforward: The border should be open to trade and lawful immigration -- and shut to illegal immigrants, as well as criminals, drug dealers, and terrorists.

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