No matter how much time we have, should the Bush Era Tax cuts be fully extended to all as the republicans want they are willing to TALK. Talk means talk and just that, we have seen them talk about health care, almost 2 years of talking and it did nothing to appease them. Should they vote on any other issues they don't grantee their votes they just say they will be willing to talk. Don't get to excited cause even if we get 2 or 3 republican votes it doesn't always mean 60. By playing chess the way the parties now want to every time someone is made happy someone else made upset and so the democrats that care least about DREAM may not vote should the liberal agenda be compromised by appeasing the republican agenda. We are simply the pawns in a big game.

Better yet with 5 versions of the DREAM now and each one watered down more then the previous the liberals are compromising their position because should the parties finally come to TALKING points its guaranteed that the republicans will want to water down the bills even further and increase limitations even more. Not to mention if it goes to negotiations committee what they will pull out of their ass in order to reach consensus. If the tax cuts are granted for the GOP agenda the liberals may want to stop negotiating already for the rest of their agenda because their losing sight of the initial goal all together and the GOP influence is already changing many of the liberal policies the administration is trying to pass in its Hail Mary attempt before gridlock.

What good is a DREAM ACT if a majority of those who have looked forward to it for 10 years no longer qualify because the GOP gets to influence its text to exclude MANY of us on one basis or another. The limitations are just starting to come out in these 5 versions and this is before TALKS have started.