tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798595.post-71228427456159911282010-03-11T17:40:00.000-05:002010-03-11T17:40:00.846-05:002010-03-11T17:40:00.846-05:00Imagine Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2010/03/obama-gets-pressed-on-immigration-issue/1">standing up to the president like this</a>.<blockquote>Given all on Obama's political plate, is immigration doable before the Nov. 2 congressional elections? White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said it depends on bipartisan support, and he will gauge the chances of that during his meeting with Sens. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.<br /><br />"The only way we get this through the White House and the House is with bipartisan support," Gibbs said.<br /><br />Some activists remind Obama that immigration change was one of his campaign promises.<br /><br />Frank Sharry, executive director of America's Voice, said, "For months, the White House and congressional staff have worked behind the scenes to advance comprehensive immigration reform."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">"But what's been missing," he said, "is a clear and public commitment from the president to use his political capital to advance reform this year as promised."</span></blockquote>Join the club. The only difference is that immigration advocates, unlike health care reform advocates, gay rights advocates, and pretty much every other progressive advocate in Washington, DC, have the balls to call out the President on his broken promises. And what a surprise, it's working. It got them an hour and a half meeting with the President. When do the rest of us get our meeting with the man we put in office?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3798595-7122842745615991128?l=www.americablog.com' alt='' /></div>John Aravosishttps://profiles.google.com/104204294470018081132noreply@blogger.com