For immigration reform, a narrow window of opportunity.

full article:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/electi...portunity.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPoWvXYllSc


We're still playing limboooooooooooooooooooo. and btw

Dreamy :-*

That's what it's about. Whoever is able to do immigration reform will practically lock down the immigrant and Latino vote similarly to how the Democrats were able to secure the African American vote after LBJ's presidency.

If the Republican congress does immigration Obama will still get the credit because he is the sitting President. Nobody remembers the congress when an important law gets passed they only remember the president who signed it into law.

If the Dems manage to hit a home run during lame duck by passing Dream Act standalone, they will lock down the latino vote and frankly they will be better off during the November elections.

Not necessarily. It has been done before. By Raegan. And latinos still mostly vote for democrats.

That's because for the last 20 years the Republicans have been passing anti-immigrant laws. President bush had over 40% of the latino vote until 2006 when the Republicans killed CIR.

November or mass Exodus is what its really going to come down to. Good luck all.

If Flake's logic worked, we d have a bill passed in 2007.

While in the abstract, it's good for Republicans to not alienate the latino vote, because it's a powerful demographic force for the future, right now the constituencies most individual Republican congressmen rely on are dead set against immigration reform. A congressman is more likely to think about his reelection prospects in 2010 and 2012 rather than his party standing in 2030 and 2032.