Newsflash for cities and states considering boycotting Arizona over its new immigration law, be advised:  68% of Americans say in a recent Rasmussen poll that it’s a bad idea.

Also, according to Rasmussen:  Fifty-five percent (55%) of voters nationwide favor passage of a law like Arizona’s in their own state.  Sixty-nine percent (69%) of voters believe a police officer should be required to check the immigration status of anyone stopped for a traffic violation or violation of some other law if he suspects the person might be an illegal immigrant.

One would think that the Obama Administration, the Democrats in Congress, and their advisors would be conscious of these poll numbers.  Nope.  They’re too blinded by the radiance coming from their own glory.

Example of Arrogance #1:  California Congressional District 43  Rep. Joe Baca’s campaign against Arizona’s new anti-immigration law appears to be picking up steam.

As part of his self-serving boycott of Arizona — which includes his silly refusal to fly through Phoenix on his weekly trips to and from Washington — Baca is distributing wristbands inspired by the Lance Armstrong LiveSTRONG craze.

Baca has ordered 2,500 of his version, which will be red, yellow and blue — the colors of Arizona’s flag — to be worn as a show of solidarity against the Illegal Immigration law currently supported by 71 % of Arizona’s population.

You might as well make them red, white, and green, like Mexico’s flag, Joe.  Calderon will be so proud.

So, while he’s waiting for the official rubber wristbands to come in, Baca has given out hundreds of stand-by models made from laminated colored paper.

He passed out hundreds in San Bernardino during a May 1 rally for immigration reform.  Baca encouraged Californians to avoid spending money in the state unless the law is repealed.

In Washington, Baca has gotten House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and most members of the Democratic leadership to wear them, as they did — along with golfing legend Chi Chi Rodriguez (You disappoint me, Chi Chi.) at a recent fundraiser for Baca.  Baca claimed his office was fielding calls from people inquiring how they can get one of the wristbands:

Everyone wants them.  They’re going like hot potatoes.

Baca has approached professional baseball, hoping star players in the sport with increasing numbers of immigrants will wear them. This clueless Liberal has even written a letter to the Major League Baseball Player’s Association asking them to join his cause.

Here’s a tasty tidbit, courtesy of rasmussenreports.com:

Forty-one percent (41%) of voters say that a group of people randomly selected from the phone book would do a better job than the current Congress. Thirty-eight percent (38%) disagree.

Example of arrogance #2:   A top Department of Homeland Security official has said his agency may not process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities.

Assistant secretary of homeland security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement John Morton, made the comment during a meeting on Wednesday with the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune.

Morton said:

I don’t think the Arizona law, or laws like it, are the solution.

The best way to reduce illegal immigration is through a comprehensive federal approach and not a patchwork of state laws.

He probably has not even read it.

The law, which actually springs from a federal law already on the books, is not “good government,” Morton said.

When asked about Morton’s comments, DHS officials said President Obama has ordered the Department of Justice to examine the civil rights and other implications of the law.

DHS spokesman Matt Chandler told Fox News on Friday:

That review will inform the government’s actions going forward

Fox News legal analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano said ICE does not have to process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities.

ICE has the legal discretion to accept or not to accept persons delivered to it by non-federal personnel.  It also has the discretion to deport or not to deport persons delivered to it by any government agents, even its own.

Morton, per his biography posted on ICE’s website, began his federal service in 1994 and has held numerous positions at the Department of Justice, including as a trial attorney and special assistant to the general counsel in the former Immigration and Naturalization Service and as counsel to the deputy attorney general.

So it’s taken him a while to become this big of a blockhead.

Unfortunately for Americans, he’s not the only member of the Administration that is arrogantly ignorant.  In two separate appearances before Congress, Attorney General Eric Holder and Janet “Big Sis” Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security, both came out strongly against the Arizona law.  Then they both were forced to admit that they had never read the 16 page document.

Finally, what would a study of arrogance against Arizona be without hearing from the Aristotle of Arrogance himself, the self-proclaimed smartest person in any room he walks into, The President of the United States, (God protect us.) Barack Hussein Obama (mm mmm mmmm).  Here he is speaking in the Rose Garden this week after his little tete-a-tete with fellow Socialist, Mexican President Felipe Calderon:

Barack Obama and his sycophantic legion are totally ignoring the wishes of the American people.  They truly believe that they are America’s parents and they know what is best for us.  These arrogant imbeciles are going to find out just how brilliant they are in the upcoming 2010 and 2012 election, when they are ridden out-of-town on a rail.

Meanwhile, Gov. Jan Brewer and the people of Arizona have a request for them (Don’t worry.  It’s a clean one.).  Everybody sing along:

Sources:  pe.com, foxnews.com, rasmussenreports.com, youtube.com