Despite its populist veneer, the anti-immigration hysteria fomented by Dobbs and his ilk pits American workers against immigrants for the benefit of the corporate class.
Former EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman tries to explain the logic of the Bush Administration's preoccupation with the markets and shopping instead of the safety of New Yorkers and 9/11 workers.
Nico Pitney: President Bush’s former EPA administrator Christine Todd Whitman acknowledges fault in post-9/11 management but also lays blame at Rudy Giuliani's feet.
Harvey Wasserman: Rudy Giuliani, Christine Todd Whitman and President Bush were so busy trying to re-open Wall Street after 9/11 they neglected the very heroes they wanted to be associated with.