Even Democrats Question Holder's Suit

This weekend at the summer meeting of the National Governors Association, several Democratic governors voiced displeasure with the White House over the filing of Eric Holder's lawsuit against Arizona over its new immigration law, which takes effect on July 29, 2010. Of course, as politicians, the governors weren't voicing consternation with the substance of the suit, but with Holder's timing. After all, it's mid-July and there are 19 vulnerable Democratic governor seats up for grabs in November. 

Some governors apparently worried that the suit was drawing the focus away from jobs and others worried that the "carrot-and-stick approach" could backfire as the AZ law is popular with most Americans. The governors are right to worry since not only is this suit unpopular and ill-timed, but it will also prove an embarrassment to the White House, who will eventually withdraw it or risk almost certain defeat since Arizona has the right to enforce federal immigration laws.

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