New Orleans Sometimes, but not all that often, I get to say, “Hey! You heard it first here!” This is one of those days. Today’s NYT, President Obama is reportedly all up in everyone’s face in the White House about whether or not they have read the New Yorker story on why the frick are …
Month: June 2009
Immigration Summit Exclusion
New Orleans The upcoming Obama Immigration Reform Summit has a weird twist to it that distinguishes it from earlier summits on healthcare reform and the stimulus package. None of the advocate organizations, stakeholders, or anyone else other than politicians is being invited into the room. Let’s tell it like it is: this is a political …
Manana for Immigration Reform?
New Orleans Reading an article in the Phoenix New Times by Stephen Lemons published late last week, makes it hard to believe that immigration reform is really on the agenda this decade, much less this year. Maybe White House staffer and former Latino GOTV director for the Obama campaign and communications guy, Carlos Odio, was …