Political Posturing

What's more controversial than Arizona's new immigration law? That would be Obama's decision to send twelve hundred National Guard troops to guard the United States and Mexico border, along with a request for $500 million to aide in the enforcement of border law. With Arizona's immigration law pushing the issue of illegals even more to the political forefront the current administration obviously decided they needed to at least put forth a little show of effort. A strange move if you consider how strongly opposed President Obama was to the new immigration law in Arizona; not so strange though if you consider the political posturing behind sending troops to the border at this time. Reminiscent of an extreme version of the childhood game of duck, duck, goose both political parties are now rushing to see who can please their unhappy constituents the quickest. Nothing speaks such volumes as a disgruntled voter. Problem is, temporary patches are not going to get this wheel rolling in the right direction. Rather like "reinventing the wheel", this move could result in yet another poorly planned and inefficient effort.