Blog Browse: Lowered Expectations For Bush's Address To The Nation

Excerpted from The Dragon and the Phoenix's "Bush Prepares to Drive His Poll Number to Historic Lows": "...I will read the tea leaves and tell you what the President will say [during Monday's address to the nation].

Michelle Malkin notes in "Who's Running America" that the Mexican consulate is investigating U.S. immigrations agents for arrests made on Fischer Homes construction sites. (See earlier post)

PoliPundit anticipates Bush's Monday evening speech: "The privilege of joining the line for US citizenship will be reserved for those who can prove that they’ve been committing immigration fraud, work fraud, forgery, and perjury for at least five years."

Captain's Quarters appears hopeful:"The address on Monday will almost certainly shift the rhetoric of this administration from sympathy for illegals to strengthened border security..." [Area417: The rhetoric will shift, but I believe the intent will remain exactly the same.]

What Happened to My Country? notes that an ad was taken out in the Sierra Vista Herald, thanking those nasty vigilantes, the Minutemen: "Thanks for doing what our government won't--close the border to illegal aliens. It was the quietest month we've had in many years..."