++Crowds had gathered outside the White House with signs saying " Gracias President Obama,the Public is with you". An emotional gathering of immigrants and their supporters to watch the President's speech on IPADS.
++One woman, not among the crowd,was arrested having an unlicensed 9mm and who the Secret Service said was not cooperating with their inquiries. The night before, another white male from Illinois was also arrested with a rifle and a truckload of ammunition.
++While the immigrant community is euphoric,the bitterness at a fine, eloquent speech has already seeped into the Washington Post. Former Bush speechwriter Gerson,claiming to be for comprehensive immigration reform slammed the President for not playing the political game on this issue. Trudy Rubin wrote a lengthy op-ed how President Obama's executive orders aren't legal, a point Gerson alluded to when he thought they went too far. These are the calmer ones, who have lost their mind.
++Chris Cillezza of the Post said this was the 2008 Obama re-appearing and that he had to stay 50,000 ft in the air because he couldn't get bogged down in the weeds.
++Jonathan Capehart, an Obama supporter, liked what he heard.
++Bloggers on the Democratic Underground posted the tweets from around the country of reactions from immigrants and their supporters.
++I'm already getting e-mails of various right-wingers proclaiming that Obama just ignored the elections, which were a repudiation of his policies, and now is bringing the country to the brink of civil war. A great deal of this attitude is because the black man didn't ask permission. His climate change deal with the Chinese,his release of 3 more Gitmo prisoners to Georgia and Slovenia, and now immigration is just too much for them.
++Hillary Clinton posted a big thank you to President Obama for taking this action. Trudy Rubin's piece wondered what her position would be.
++It's amazing really, how a moderate, rational speech will drive some people nuts.
++House conservatives are again in the impeachment mode with some even suggesting jail time for the President.
++For my part, I think he deserves a victory lap.
++Wait to you see in a few days if a deal is reached with the Iranian government over the nuclear program.
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