By James P. Pinkerton – Newsday – October 4, 2006

While political momentum behind immigration control is strong, the battle is far from over, because of elite-media counter-momentum. Consider, for example, a review of Pat Buchanan’s new book, ‘‘State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America,’’ which appeared in The Washington Post last week. Buchanan, of course, is a well-known immigration hawk, so it was a revealing indicator that his book became a best-seller. During the course of a mostly negative review, The Post’s Steven Holmes conceded that Buchanan spoke for a large number of anti-immigration ‘‘populist nationalists.’’ These nationalists are pitted, Holmes continued, against pro-immigration ‘‘progressive globalists.’’ The Postie concluded, ‘‘We would dismiss him and the anger embodied in ‘State of Emergency’ at our peril….