SHE SPEAKS – AT 8:48 A.M. ET:  Hillary Clinton, probably the most watched woman in America right now, has condescended to comment on Obama's immigration speech.  Well, sort of.  One senses that every word was weighed politically.  From The Hill: 

Hillary Clinton praised President Obama on Thursday night for moving forward on immigration after he announced his executive actions on the hot-button issue.

Clinton - the Democratic front-runner for the 2016 presidential race — took to Twitter to thank Obama, moments after his speech from the White House.

Read the fine print.

"Thanks to POTUS for taking action on immigration in the face of inaction," she tweeted. "Now let's turn to permanent bipartisan reform. #ImmigrationAction."

Clinton had remained silent on the issue in recent days. But her allies were privately signaling that the former secretary of State would support Obama's decision to take action after immigration reform failed to pass Congress.

As George Gobel used to say, "just a gosh-darned second."  Please notice that Slick Hilly isn't actually endorsing anything Obama said.  She's just praising him for "taking action."  She's then calling for "bipartisan reform."  In other words, she's cutting it down the middle. 

If she does run for president, some political observers say Clinton will benefit from Obama's executive actions because they will rally Hispanic voters at a time when Republicans have failed to draw them in.

COMMENT:  I wouldn't seal that one with a kiss.  Polls show that Hispanics are actually more cautious about immigration "reform" than we'd thought, with a sizable number opposed to amnesty.  Remember, the overwhelming number of Hispanics came to this country legally.

Hillary commented without really commenting.  Let's not get anyone angry.

November 21, 2014