COUNTING THE HOURS – AT 10:08 A.M. ET:  Oh yes, oh yes, we count the hours today, waiting for the president to unveil his immigration proposals.  Can you stand the excitement?

Already Bill Clinton is out there asserting that Obama clearly has the legal authority to do what he's doing.  Oh, Bill Clinton is a disbarred lawyer.  He undoubtedly is currying favor, the better to have Barack endorse Hillary if she decides to grant us another campaign.

Republicans are furious.  Obama has shown nothing but contempt for them and has not invited them to participate, in any serious way, in drawing up the White House plan.

In the end, the public will decide.  Polls show it is badly split on immigration, with large chunks favoring some kind of legalization, although not knowing exactly what that means.  The polling on the president's proposal will start tomorrow.  If the president cannot win over even a simple majority of Americans, he will be even crisper political toast than he is right now.

November 20, 2014