THEY CALL THIS LEADERSHIP – AT 9:36 A.M. ET:  The president is going to speak this morning about immigration.  You might want to choose to watch The Food Channel instead.  Delicious recipes, good desserts...not what you get from Obama.  WaPo reports:

With immigration stories dominating headlines nearly every week, President Obama is delivering a speech Thursday morning that will frame the issue on his own terms -- calling for comprehensive legislation and the importance of keeping the border secure.

But he is not expected to announce any new policy during the 10:50 a.m. address at American University's School of International Service in Northwest Washington, officials said. Nor is the Justice Department going to announce its decision on a lawsuit in Arizona, where a new law makes it easier for police to detain suspected illegal immigrants.

Obama officials have been widely critical of the law since it was passed and signed by the Arizona governor this spring. But in the Virginia suburb of Prince William County, about 40 minutes from Washington, local leaders have called for passage of a similar law.

COMMENT:  Wow, what leadership, what verve.  Why, it's a regular Abraham Lincoln.

Like Eric Holder's original decision, since delayed, to try 9-11 terrorists in Manhattan, a few blocks from Ground Zero, the Obama administration's assault on the Arizona law is proving less than popular.  So maybe Arizona won't be sued by its own country after all.  We'll see.

Some real leadership, and a thoughtful immigration policy, could ease the situation, but Obama isn't providing what's needed.  He is so good at running, so bad at governing.  Don't look for anything to come from him on immigration.  His party wants him to go left, the rest of the country wants a more moderate course.  There's an election in four months.  That dominates all.

July 1, 2010