If there's anything the last few years have taught us...

[randomness]

...it's that when they're faced with a hard deadline, politicians' first impulse is to kick the can down the road.

It's been true in Europe, and it seems to be the same in the States.

Comments

[stolen-tea.livejournal.com]

Yeah, immigration was one of the few places I was literally *disappointed* with W. Bush, in the sense that I was expecting him to do a much better job than other recent presidents (both in terms of federal policy reform, and Republican Party position reform), but instead I didn't really see him make much in the way of long-term progress. Although I admit I am biased against him, so I might have ignored some good things he did there.