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ProSense

(116,464 posts)
16. Yeah,
Mon Jan 28, 2013, 10:42 AM
Jan 2013

"Immigration legislation will save them...And the Democrats will do all they can to help them pass immigration reform that is favorable to the Republican Party."

...like health care reform saved them. They thought it would for a while, and then 2012 smacked them in the face.

They're not serious about anything, and this too will smack them in the face down the road.

McCain's inclusion is also of interest, in large because it reflects a hard-to-execute flip-flop-flip -- McCain championed a comprehensive reform package in 2007, then announced his opposition to his own plan in 2008, and has now re-embraced the policies he rejected.

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/01/28/16736295-bipartisan-group-of-senators-complete-immigration-reform-package

That's what Republicans do: Clog up the process and then bail when the time for action comes.

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Kick! n/t ProSense Jan 2013 #1
K&R patrice Jan 2013 #2
Wow, that is a really good article mindwalker_i Jan 2013 #3
It is. ProSense Jan 2013 #11
John Boehner said amuse bouche Jan 2013 #4
I know, huh? Cha Jan 2013 #6
Right on! vlyons Jan 2013 #5
We're fighting an enemy that is against humanity. Cha Jan 2013 #7
Love Reich. Boehner using "happy anti-big-government nationalism" to inspire "the nativists and pampango Jan 2013 #8
Sweep them into the dust bin... love_katz Jan 2013 #9
If they don't Gerrymander they are doomed sellitman Jan 2013 #10
If that doesn't work, they ProSense Jan 2013 #12
Excellent read! zappaman Jan 2013 #13
Kick! n/t ProSense Jan 2013 #14
Immigration legislation will save them. kentuck Jan 2013 #15
Yeah, ProSense Jan 2013 #16
Three words: Occupy Wall Street rgbecker Jan 2013 #17
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