Friday, June 7, 2013

Immigration Reform Update: Cornyn Plays A Shell Game In The Senate And Influential Republican Drops Out Of House Gang Of 8

AOSHQ

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The problem, says the Cornyn aide, is that a security-first arrangement is just not politically possible. “You could put legalization contingent on triggers on the front end,” the aide says. “But that’s never going to pass Congress. Democrats are never going to vote for that. Republicans are never going to be unified on that. It’s never going to happen. You’re never going to be able to say, ‘enforcement first.’ It’s a purist position. It’s never going to become law.”[ emphasis added]
comment:

That's where the GOP is weak.  It views itself as needing to be unified, whereas the Democrats already are unified.  The GOP doesn't seem to understand that this bill is favored by Democrats because it is in the interest of Democrats and comes at the expense of the GOP.  Why can't the GOP unify around that?   Why does the GOP think they have to act against their own interests and support the interests of Democrats?  It doesn't make sense unless they are terminally stupid.

The AOSHQ article points that out, of course.  But I had to add a little of my own juice to it.


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