REALITY CHECKS IN ARIZONA

I don't often agree with TRoL Contributor Anis Shivani (See 'Huntsville') -- he belongs to a committed Left most sensible people have long seen as irrelevant, if not positively dangerous. But in the present ,nstance Shivani is dead right, and the fact that his posting is from Huffington should deter no one from reading him.

There is also one other thing we share. We are among the many people who are disillusioned, disappointed and disenchanted by the president for whom we all had some affection and many hopes. It's doubtful that we can reach the man in his present eminence. Nonetheless, the message must be impressed on him: that not A SINGLE ONE of his campaign promises -- from Guantanamo through health reform or Afghanistan -- HAS BEEN KEPT. Not one.

Maybe some of this is due to Republican obstructionism, maybe some of it due to the inherent inefficiency of our legislative branch, but the blame must fall squarely on Obama himself: a man of charm and intelligence, but just another standard politician making hay while the sun still shines.

When it comes to Arizona's new immigration policy, I urge you to read Shivani's post below.