Great op-ed piece in The Washington Post today about how immigration reform north of 37 degrees north latitude differs from immigration reform south of the 37th parallel:
"Conservative Republicans here [in Utah] - and Republicans don't get much more conservative than the statehouse variety in Salt Lake - say their bill is a gauntlet thrown down to the feds for their inability to deal with illegal immigration and the nation's demand for unskilled labor."
Interesting how the redder state of Utah has a more just and tolerant immigration law than the Papers Please Law to its south in Arizona.
Showing posts with label Utah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Utah. Show all posts
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Avoiding the wool being pulled over their eyes...
And you thought bipartisanship was dead, right? Jennifer Steinhauer of The New York Times profiles the interesting friendship between New York Democrat Anthony Weiner and Utah Republican Jason Chaffetz that started with their mutual dislike of mohair. Weiner is known for his raucous TV appearances:
Meanwhile Chaffetz is known as the Congressman that lives in his D.C. office instead of renting an apartment and as the guy that famously leg-wrestled Stephen Colbert on "The Colbert Report":
In spite of their political differences, one thing they do have in common is neither seems to take himself too seriously, much like another Utah Republican, Orrin Hatch, and his description of his relationship with Ted Kennedy.
"Disagreements over policy, however, were never personal with Ted. I recall a debate over increasing the minimum wage. Ted had launched into one of his patented histrionic speeches, the kind where he flailed his arms and got red in the face, spewing all sorts of red meat liberal rhetoric. When he finished, he stepped over to the minority side of the Senate chamber, put his arm around my shoulder, and said with a laugh and a grin, “How was that, Orrin?”"
If laughter is the best medicine, perhaps levity is the best route to bipartisanship?
Meanwhile Chaffetz is known as the Congressman that lives in his D.C. office instead of renting an apartment and as the guy that famously leg-wrestled Stephen Colbert on "The Colbert Report":
In spite of their political differences, one thing they do have in common is neither seems to take himself too seriously, much like another Utah Republican, Orrin Hatch, and his description of his relationship with Ted Kennedy.
"Disagreements over policy, however, were never personal with Ted. I recall a debate over increasing the minimum wage. Ted had launched into one of his patented histrionic speeches, the kind where he flailed his arms and got red in the face, spewing all sorts of red meat liberal rhetoric. When he finished, he stepped over to the minority side of the Senate chamber, put his arm around my shoulder, and said with a laugh and a grin, “How was that, Orrin?”"
If laughter is the best medicine, perhaps levity is the best route to bipartisanship?
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