Immigration reform: The coming storm
October 9, 1:36 PM
Bay Area Moderate Conservative Examiner
Dwight L. Schwab Jr.

With President Obama’s health care reform plan bogged down in committees, there is little chance of any bill reaching his desk by Christmas.

At present, there are no less than five bills floating in various committees. Four of those five include a public provision and have been priced at over one trillion dollars by the Office of Management and Budget.

Whatever and whenever any solid bill comes to the floor for a vote, it will likely be a ghost of the original idea the president and his supporters hoped for.

But as the nation’s attention has been focused on this ongoing battle in congress, other topics have been festering just below the surface.

The war in Afghanistan is at a turning point. President Obama is responsible for making vitally important strategic decisions as to the war and how involved the country will continue to participate militarily.

Again, the final outcome rests with the president and the bet by Washington insiders is he will increase troop strength in the region and blame his generals if it doesn’t work Thus, he can remain at ease with the far left and appease the right for now.

That leaves the ongoing debate on illegal immigration that will most certainly be addressed in next year’s congress.

Since Obama’s address to the joint session of congress and the “liarâ€