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Originally Posted by jamesp
These are predictable verbose from Lamar Smith, two kings and the Jeff Session camp. There is another group of republicans (including Newt, Jeb, Romney et. al.) who genuinely would like to see this issue resolved before the 2012 presidential race heats up. Although it's highly unlikely that DA or CIR will go anywhere in 2011; we will just have to be patient and continue to organize.
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I'd never thought the day would come that these words actually came out of my mouth, but I think our ally might end up being Boner (yes, i know how i spelled it). They can have committee hearings all they want, and in reality, how popular are those things anyway? The important stuff will come from Boner and whether or not he'll attempt to bring an enforcement bill up for a vote. I honestly don't think that he will be stupid enough to do that. Sure, they went with the anti-immigrant sentiment to win in 2010, and they did just that. But they know that there is no way in hell that they will win in 2012 without the non-white vote. And let's face it, the GOP thinks short-term. The ones in power now don't really care about the future of the party because they'll be 6ft. under when it comes crumbling down.