[digger48]

They never did, nor do they intend to, do anything on this this year.

[claudiustg]

The Senate manufactured this fiasco so they wouldn't have to take a stand.

[neverdem]

In private as well as public, Reid and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., who heads the party's campaign effort, said they did not want to expose rank-and-file Democrats to votes that would force them to choose between border security and immigrant rights...

Reid and Schumer think politics is more important than border security!

[nj26]

If Harry Reid killed this bill, then I owe him a "thank you."

Memo to President Bush regarding Amnesty: Not just NO, but HELL NO.

[DTogo]

A Democrat may have killed the immigration bill, but a Republican President won't enforce the immigration laws we have right now!!

[umgud]

The landmark bill, which would offer eventual citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants, fell victim Friday to internal disputes in both parties.

Well, at least they're honest about it by not calling it a border security bill.

[engrpat]

I would give a big part of the credit for the defeat of this bill to the American people. They are the ones that called, sent emails and letters to their senators that stopped this bill. While our lazy congress critters are home for the next two weeks please call their local offices and if they are on the right side give them a well done and keep it up if they are on the wrong side tell them to reconsider and let them know that you vote, contribute, and do the work to keeps them in office.

Pres. Bush can blame Reid all he wants when he should blame himself for such a bad bill even being considered.

[rockabyebaby]

Ahem, excuse me Mr. President, but I'm glad this bill was killed, it was NO GOOD, you need to come up with a better idea, starting with but not limited to: SLAMMING THE BORDERS SHUT NOW, NO AMNESTY, repeat, NO AMNESTY, ARREST AND IMMEDIATE DEPORTATION OF ALL ILLEGALS and by the sounds of it we all know who these "undocumented" people are, find them and throw them the hell out, PERIOD. FINE AND ARREST all employers employing these ILLEGALS. Have the testosterone to call them what they are Mr. President ILLEGAL INVADERS, aka, CRIMINALS.

[Grebrook]

What's this? The Democrats killed a sell-out amnesty policy?

MAYBE I'll VOTE FOR THEM FROM NOW ON. The Rats are apparently more useful than the GOP.

[calex59]

Bush still has his head sqaurely up his butt in regards to immigration and what the people of this country want. Does he really think the dems are the only ones who killed this bill? The shame of it is that ALL republicans didn't tell him where to get off and refuse to even vote on such crap.

[ElkGroveDan]

We'll take it however we can get it.

[TomGuy]

President Bush blamed Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid today for the potentially fatal blow dealt to compromise immigration legislation.

Good for Senator Reid.

The last time the amnesty for illegals was stopped, it was Senator Byrd (D-WVA).

Whatever their reasons, they stopped the anmesty for illegals.

[Who is Truth?]

As usual, our representatives (and I'm not feeling very represented lately) make this much more complicated than it really is. CLOSE THE BORDER TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. It does not need to be any more complicated than this at this time. I must emphasize the word "illegal". I am not opposed to immigration. As far as all the other issues that relate to illegal immigration and legal immigration, SORT THAT OUT LATER, BUT RIGHT NOW FIX THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

[willk]

Yesterday, while listening to the radio, CNN News at the top of the hour came on. After reporting Bush's comments they reported (actually more like editorialized!) that he was doing this out of weakness.

[dagnabbit]

Please keep failing Mr. Bush at your Mexico-merger dream.

Or better yet, stop trying.

Seriously, find another burning passion. Take up drinking again. Kiss even more men in public. But on your dream of Amerexico, the home country you want so very bad for my children, just give it a break, just a little pause, until say ... January 2009.

[Holden Magroin]

So Bush is blaming a Democrat for killing the immigration bill. I assume he's talking about himself.

[neverdem]

McCain Emphasizing His Conservative Bona Fides

Mark Steyn - No easy answers on immigration conundrum

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[conservativecorner]

"I call on the Senate minority leader to end his blocking tactics and allow the Senate to do its work and pass a fair, effective immigration reform bill," Bush said in his weekly radio address."

I'm in 100% agreement with the President on this tactic being used by the demoncrats. It was the demoncrats in the House who attached a felony provision to the Immigration Bill as opposed to a Republican provision which would have made it a misdemeanor. Congressman Tancredo pointed out this dirty trick by the demoncrats recently during a C-SPAN interview. The demoncrats create policy by using poison pills as part of a strategy.