Eric Cantor And Immigration

It would be wonderful to be a political talking head.  They spew such nonsense and get paid so well for doing so.  My apologies to exceptions such as Joe Scarborough.

Despite all the ridiculous explanations as to Eric Cantor's defeat in Virginia, it will not be the reason for an immigration bill to fail this session.  Immigration may indeed fail to move forwards, but it has nothing to do with Cantor's defeat.

Cantor's defeat was due to a duffer's error.  It's one he should never have made, but, regrettably,  he did.  He failed to campaign.  He failed to organize town halls.  He failed to visit Rotary meetings and the like.  He failed to press the flesh.  Why?  His polling numbers showed him as a shoo in.  Numbers can be useful, but they're not the end all and be all of politics.  You've got to get out and campaign.  You've got to get out and tell the citizens what you've done and what you hope to do in your next term.  You can't do that sitting in Washington and think you can leave the heavy lifting to your ad campaign.  Regrettably, no one explained this to Cantor.

As to immigration:  That's a totally separate issue and one that's rarely presented properly to the American public.  Everyone gets tied up with the word, "amnesty."  That's ridiculous.  The key to this problem is "borders."  When a thousand unsupervised kids cross the border from Mexico into Texas, you know something's gone really wrong.  If a kid can do it, presumably anyone can do it.  What in the world is going on?

The president loves issuing his presidential initiatives.  Why hasn't he issued one of his initiatives to close the borders?  It doesn't require a ditch filled with alligators.  Electronic fencing, drones and a few helicopters will do nicely.  Anyone can get an immigration bill passed if they first assure the public that they have the will to seal the border.   This administration has failed to show the American public that they have the will to do it.

My goodness, our president, can free five of the worst Taliban fighters we had in Guantanamo in exchange for a turncoat, but he can't free a hapless U.S. marine who took a wrong turn at the Mexican border and now rots in a Mexican prison.  What sort of neighbor is this Mexico?

Doesn't anyone connect the dots?