Immigration: Where It Stands
1. The Senate, suddenly energized (thanks to better Frist/WH cooperation) and Bush's speech, compromises on criminal language, endorses a border fence and sanctions a temporary worker program.
2. Karl Rove briefs the House GOP; plaudits from Bill Thomas; doubts from many others. The majority of the majority rule still stands. The bottom line: Bush needs to persuade about 40 House members to change their minds on a guest/temporary/amnesty/whatever program.
3. Rush Limbaugh, still the most listened-to movement conservative on the planet, is in high dudgeon, and Drudge helpfully distributes to millions more this comment: "I can't think of any single issue, in the 18 years I have been on the air, which has Republicans more up in arms than this one."
4. Bush heads to Yuma, AZ tomorrow. J.D. Hayworth promises to give him an earful on AF1.
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