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Posted on 11/21/2014 10:39:46 AM PST by Steelfish
Obama Just Kneecapped Jeb Bush and Chris Christie's 2016 Prospects On Immigration, the GOP primary will have little room for nuance
By Jon Terbush
President Obama on Thursday announced his much-anticipated executive action on immigration, and in doing so he lobbed a grenade squarely into the 2016 Republican primary race.
Obama's order will reshape how the feds prioritize deportations of undocumented workers, shielding an estimated five million of them from being kicked out of the country. "We shall not oppress a stranger for we know the heart of a stranger — we were strangers once, too," Obama said, quoting scripture.
By moving ahead solo before the new Congress is sworn in, Obama ensured Republicans will finally have to address immigration reform next year — and on into 2016. This poses a unique problem for two of the GOP's biggest potential presidential candidates who have broken with the party on the issue.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush upset the rank and file earlier this year by calling for a compassionate approach to immigration. In April, he said undocumented workers who enter the country illegally do so as "an act of love" because they "are actually coming to this country to provide for their families." Then there's New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who in January broke with the national party and signed a state-level version of the DREAM Act. Like Bush, he framed his support for reform through the lens of strengthening families
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I guess that is a bright side........
An impeachable offense does nothing.
Too bad he had to kneecap 300,000,000 citizens to get those two (along with Rubio and Grahamnesty too).
Simultaneously, what damages Jeb Bush and Chris Christie, removes an obstacle for Ted Cruz.
Jimmy Carter, by his feeble governance and overreaching of authority, paved the way for Ronald Reagan. And when Jimmy was defending his record in the debates in 1980 (concerning Medicare and a national health insurance program), all Reagan had to say was, “There you go again.”
And there they go again, this time on amnesty.
Satan could quote scripture too, though not accurately or in context.
You beat me to it. Finding a silver lining and all that....
Obama just removed a major stumbling block for both of those turds by taking amnesty off the table.
Now Jeb and Christie can endear themselves to low info republicans by huffing and puffing about the means by which Obama did what they've been shooting themselves in the foot by advocating.
In that respect, he’s done us a favor.
Now Barry can announce a total gun ban.. or maybe cancel the 2016 presidential election..
Obama just kneecapped Jeb Bush and Chris Christie’s 2016 prospects
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