Obama, Dems huddle on immigration

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3...on-immigration

My biggest fear. I sincerely HOPE President Obama is willing to sit down with House Dems and Repubs too about this.

Cruz is just stirring the pot. If comprehensive immigration reform doesn't pass the House, it's the House's fault. Obama DID NOT DESIGN the immigration bill; clearly the gang of eight bill and Obama's proposed outline has similarities, but that's expected. What would you expect out of almost any other Democratic party member regarding a pathway to citizenship?

Let's be honest here, Cruz suggested that so that Republicans could gain some political leverage if they fail to pass CIR. (I think there is a psyc concept that fits here.. projecting?)

This makes no sense. Obama is not running for office ever again. There is no "political benefit" to seeing his top legislative priority for his second term to fail. It will only make him look like an ineffectual lame duck. If anything, he would be looking to burnish his legacy by passing CIR.

The only question at this point is whether John Boehner wants CIR to succeed or fail. If he does, he will bring it up for a vote in the House so that it can pass with Democratic votes plus some Republicans. If he doesn't, he will not bring it up for a vote.

If you've been reading the articles, it seems Boehner wants to pass Immigration reform and would likely violate the hastert rule in order to pass it, just like he did for the other bills.

He has not ruled it out, but he has not come out and fully committed to it either. A lot of vague talk about "letting the House work its will" and so forth. It's true that he has made some comments hinting at support for immigraton reform, so hopefully he is prepared to abandon the Hastert Rule (which he's already done a few times this year) and let the House vote. Paul Ryan's support also probably helps.