A Senate with its Head in the Sand -- Immigration Bill fails

The proverbial ostrich with its head buried in the sand is a good analogy for the US Senate's most recent inability to deal responsibly with the immigration issue. So like the mythical depiction of the flightless bird our leaders, pushed preeminently by Conservative Republicans urged on by conservative talk show hosts, have chosen to ignore the issues before them -- they are in a major state of denial!

According to the AP Story, by a 46 - 53 vote Republicans and Democrats chose to ignore the issues here. So there will be no border enforcement nor will there be a path to citizenship. There will be no incentive for employers to comply with the law nor will there be incentives for undocumented persons to come out of the shadows. And it appears that nothing will happen for the foreseeable future -- at least not until well after the 2008 elections. If you think things will get better, then you have joined the ostrich brigade.

It's unfortunate that the President -- who for once was on the right side of things -- had such little clout with his own party that he couldn't bring them aboard. This is really a disappointment, but probably not unexpected.