I'm So Excited I Just Bipartisaned in My Pants!

Obama Authorizes Deployment of More National Guard Troops Along Border. Of course he does.

President Obama has authorized the call-up of as many as 1,200 National Guard troops across the U.S. border with Mexico to assist with border protection and enforcement activities there, officials say.

The president, who alone cannot formally authorize deployment of the forces, is expected to request $500 million in supplemental funds from Congress to make a state governor's decision to deploy troops financially possible.

The troops, expected to be spread across all four southwestern states, would largely assist border patrol agents and local law enforcement by providing intelligence and intelligence analysis, surveillance and reconnaissance support, and the ability to train additional Customs and Border Protection agents, sources say.

Jeralyn points out that $1.3 billion has already been authorized for the war on drugs in Mexico, all of which hasn't even been distributed yet. She adds: "Throwing more money into the failed policies of the past 40 years will do no good. The cartels will become stronger."

Meanwhile, far from being placated by this sop to teapartying nincompoops, Republican Senators are already caterwauling about how it's not enough troops.

Obama will biparisan his way right into oblivion by continually alienating the Left with this conservative bullshit, and galvanizing the Right merely by stubbornly having a D after his name. This is not 12-dimensional chess. It is utter foolishness.

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