LAT blames Bush for immigration failure

In a piece today by biased reporter Noam Levey, the LAT argues that the immigration bill failed in the Senate because Bush lacks clout with senators. Levey argues this is just one of many signs that Bush is done, that he's too weak to make a difference. Well, he is a lame duck but the real culprit is Harry Reid, who pulled the bill two weeks ago and then reinstated it. What kind of message did that send? That it wasn't important enough to allow unlimited debate? Then Reid invented the clay pigeon, 373 words of amendments presented to senators for a vote at the last minute. Finally, Reid is responsible for the lack of trust that the two parties have for each other. He's stewed up that lack of trust with negative comments to the media, by introducing meaningless sense-of-the senate resolutions and by endless investigations. It's unlikely this Senate will accomplish anything significant before the next election.