22%

That's how many Americans (give or take the proverbial 3% margin of error) actually want the immigration bill as it's currently written to be passed, according to a Rasmussen poll published yesterday. More diligent people than I have pored over the text of the bill (though I've read a good deal of it, and the reviews of many who have read it all), and a quick Google search will take you through the many, many problems with the bill (including vaguery regarding "certification" of the security of the border, amnesty-by-another-name, ridiculously low thresholds for "proving" your identity and the length of time which you've spent in the US as an illegal immigrant, and many others). But when there's this tiny a sliver of the populace who support a bill as it's creeping through the initial stages of enactment, it takes an arrogant and disconnected Senate to pass it, as today's cloture passage pretty much assures.

John Quincy Adams sealed his fate as a one-term president when (quoting from the Required Reading book "America, the Last Best Hope" by Bill Bennett now)

"he proposed a national university, a naval academy, further explorations on the model of Lewis and Clark, and an extensive system of roads, canals, and harbors. He knew such an ambitious program would meet with resistance from taxpayers, but he urged members of Congress not to let the world see that America's government was 'palsied by the will of our constituents.'"

Have you ever gotten the feeling that your will is looked upon as a palsy? Today's Senate vote assures you that at least 64 pinheads in Washington, DC view it that way...