Volume 2, Carnival of WIJF: Bush's immigration speech round-up

This (better late than never) is a quick survey of what conservative (and semi-conservative) bloggers have to say about yesterday's speech by President Bush. There seems to be a common theme underlying most of the responses, but I will do my best to make this edition of the Carnival seem dramatic.

First, some serious round-ups can be found at:

-Donkey Cons (more here).

-Hot Air.

-La Shawn Barber's Corner.

Now onto the negative reactions (quite a few of these to choose from, actually):

-Bryan of Hot Air says it was a wasted opportunity.

-Heidi of Euphoric Reality is unimpressed.

-Ace says it was probably effective...for a wrongheaded cause.

-Captain Ed calls it a speech to pacify critics

-Mrs. M of the Cigar Intelligence Agency found a LOT wrong with it, and does a very thorough fisking. (Man - that would be too much work for me!)

-Baldilocks fisks a portion very few of us likely picked up on.

-Mike at My Pet Jawa say Bush 'boldly called a spade a spork.'

-Finally, on a different topic but not totally unrelated: E.L. Frederick notes which GOP senators voted against today's 'enforcement first' amendment to the Senate bill.

But all is not lost, Mr. President - here are some more or less positive reactions:

-Beth of My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy call it a policy grounded in reality.

-John Cole at Balloon Juice says deportation is impossible, after all.

-Don Surber says good speech - and we should consider them nascent Republicans.

-Patrick of Clarity and Resolve (no shrinking violet, he) says it's a start.

-And finally, with words of wisdom and moderation we should ALL bear in mind, Frank J. of IMAO envisions a future without borders.

Happy reading!