Originally Posted by mikesandy

Can't say much about this, but has Matthew thought of an independent third-party candidate in 2012, instead of a moderate Republican? This legislation was partially developed by Orrin Hatch, a Republican from Utah, but there is a low number of Republicans in Congress that have that kind of stance on immigration. Remember that when we lost on election day, about 50% of the new people sworn in in the 112th Congress are "tea-party endorsed" Republicans.