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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSHOCKING! President's announcement on immigration fell short of Jeb's expectations. SHOCKING!
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/21/us-usa-immigration-idUSKCN0J507H20141121?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter
Eyeing 2016, Clinton, Bush weigh in on Obama's immigration plan
WASHINGTON Thu Nov 20, 2014 11:03pm EST
Republican Jeb Bush, a former two-term Florida governor who is considering entering the race, said Obama's plan "undermines" efforts to forge permanent legislative reforms.
"It is time for Republican leaders in Congress to act. We must demonstrate to Americans we are the party that will tackle serious challenges and build broad-based consensus to achieve meaningful reforms for our citizens and our future," said Bush, whose brother and father both held the office of president.
Even before Obama announced his immigration order, Republican governors at a conference in Florida were debating how best to react, looking ahead to 2016.
Several potential GOP presidential candidates such as Ohio Governor John Kasich, New Jersey's Chris Christie and Wisconsin's Scott Walker warned congressional Republicans against shutting down the U.S. government in response to Obama's actions.
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SHOCKING! President's announcement on immigration fell short of Jeb's expectations. SHOCKING! (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Nov 2014
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How the fuck does it undermine something that hasn't happened in the last ten years?
Drunken Irishman
Nov 2014
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Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)1. How the fuck does it undermine something that hasn't happened in the last ten years?
We've been spinning our wheels since 2006 on immigration reform. The Republicans are the ones who've undermined reform the last decade - including a bipartisan bill that had support of both Ted Kennedy and Jeb Bush but couldn't pass because of the GOP.
Gothmog
(145,176 posts)2. Jeb has no chance of being the GOP nominee
The GOP donor class may like him but the tea party base will never vote for Jeb
Orsino
(37,428 posts)3. Be fair. They only thawed him out a few weeks ago.
He can't learn everything about the twenty-first century right away.