As a result of the Arizona dust-up …
Senators Kyl and McCain proposed a ‘shore up the borders’ plan that called for deploying 6,000 National Guard troops to the U.S.- Mexico border.
President Obama was reportedly non-responsive to the request during a meeting with the Senators, then immediately after the meeting, his office issued a press release saying 1,200 NG troops would be deployed to border patrol.
I know Rahm & Axelrod are brilliant politicians, but I don’t get it.
By committing any NG troops, President Obama is conceding that AZ is right and border security is an issue.
If he had deployed 6,000 troops he could have said “OK, I gave you what you wanted on border security … now let’s move on to comprehensive reform.”
Why didn’t he?
Couldn’t be the money since spending is never an issue …
Reminds me of the old W.C. Fields joke: “Madam, we’ve already identified what you are, we’re just haggling over the price.”
