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President Bush’s luncheon stop on Capitol Hill today to prod deeply skeptical Republicans to accept his vision for rewriting immigration policy may not result in one of his more enjoyable meals. But he may find some solace later from the results of a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll on the issue.
We can’t reveal the precise numbers quite yet; for that, check our website in a few hours and the print edition on Wednesday. But when more than 1,000 Americans were asked if they favored a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants under the conditions laid out in the bill languishing in Congress, the numbers bolster the arguments of Bush and others that the majority view is on their side. Indeed, the findings are quite comparable to a recent New York Times poll on the subject.
The poll does not, however, grapple with the question of whether the citizenship plan should be considered amnesty and, if defined by that term, if it is still supported. Also, the poll’s findings are more mixed on another key provision Bush is pushing: establishment of a guest worker program.
Funny, how my friends, family, casual acquantainces, and most people I run into never have gotten a chance to answer these Lost Angeles Times Polls on ilelgal immigration. I wonder who exactly was polled? The half million illegal aliens who were addressed by Mayor Villaragossa acting like a dictator last year .
It seems to me that the LATimes and the NYTimes only run poll results that support their position. Why not ask a question about the Senate vote on an amendment that would bar those that have felonies and have been deported and returned to the U.S. from getting a Z-visa. I’ll bet that the public will not support the stand of most Senators that defeated this position. Also as a citizen, I want the right to ignnore my income taxes(included in this bill) as long as I pay a $5000 fine. I will be down at the INS office asking to be named illegal so I can get my taxes back.

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Did Patrick Dempsey go commando for the big screen?
The McDreamy doc dons a mini-kilt in a scene in his latest rom-com Made of Honor and reveals he tried his best to follow the upstanding Scottish tradition of wearing nada underneath.
“For a short time [I was],” he tells AOL. “I tried it out and I realized that this is not the kilt I want to be doing that in. Yeah, I didn’t need to show that.”
Unfortunately for fans, it may be a while before Patrick will try it again as he must scrub up for Grey’s Anatomy. With the season finale fast approaching on May 22, the 42-year-old star drops some hints as to what the future holds for Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) and Derek.
“I have like a rainbow color of pages in front of me that I’m trying to put together in my script, and I just got to the final scene. And it’s a beautiful scene where we get back together,” he says. “It’s really quite something. It’s unexpected, I think, the way it plays itself out. It kind of gets back to the essence of what made this show so great.”
Calling it a “good” decision by creator Shonda Rhimes to rekindle the achy lovebirds’ relationship, Patrick hopes the storyline will keep viewers’ interest well into next season – the show’s fifth.
“I hope we just keep entertaining people. I think that’s the key here,” he says. “And hopefully, we don’t get stuck in a rut and we don’t repeat ourselves. I just want the show to keep moving forward and hopefully stay fresh.”

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