by Michael Smerconish – Philadelphia Daily News

Pat Buchanan is finally hip after all these years. The man who is legendary for advising Richard Nixon, appearing on “Crossfire” and running for president, told me that never before has he evoked the level of interest in a matter of public policy. I spent some time with him earlier this week after reading his new book, “State of Emergency,” in which he pulls no punches in spelling out how the United States is being “invaded.” So worried is Buchanan that he says children born in 2006 will experience the “death of the West.” It’s not just hyperbole, he’s got lots of data to back up his concerns…