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Obama: I'll get immigration reform done next year
CBS News ^ | October 24, 2012 | Brian Montopoli

Posted on 10/24/2012 10:05:28 AM PDT by moonshinner_09

President Obama says he is "confident" that, if reelected, he will oversee passage of immigration reform next year, in part because Republicans will have an interest in reaching out to a growing Latino voting bloc they have "alienated" in recent years.

Mr. Obama made the comment in an off-the-record phone conversation with the publisher and editor of the Des Moines Register days ahead of that newspaper's scheduled announcement of an endorsement in the presidential race. After the Register's editor publicly argued that the 30-minute conversation should be available to all voters, the Obama campaign released the transcript.

"The second thing I'm confident we'll get done next year is immigration reform," Mr. Obama told the newspaper. "And since this is off the record, I will just be very blunt. Should I win a second term, a big reason I will win a second term is because the Republican nominee and the Republican Party have so alienated the fastest-growing demographic group in the country, the Latino community. And this is a relatively new phenomenon. George Bush and Karl Rove were smart enough to understand the changing nature of America. And so I am fairly confident that they're going to have a deep interest in getting that done. And I want to get it done because it's the right thing to do and I've cared about this ever since I ran back in 2008."

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; immigration; immigrationreform; obama
In the face of a Congress that refuses to do anything on immigration," he said later. "...I will take action where I can.In other words we can look forward to Obama bypassing Congress and using Executive orders and claiming I can't wait on Congress.. Obama not to worried about all the unemployed Americans..
1 posted on 10/24/2012 10:05:29 AM PDT by moonshinner_09
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To: moonshinner_09

Well, we know how much “flexibility” Obama would have in a second term. Basically, he would operate with total impunity, trampling Congress and the Constitution.


2 posted on 10/24/2012 10:30:23 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: moonshinner_09
he said later. "...I will take action where I can.

He is on a roll after his spectacular success lowering sea levels. Next he will promise to stop earthquakes, repel hurricanes and prevent volcanoes from erupting.

3 posted on 10/24/2012 10:30:50 AM PDT by immadashell
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To: moonshinner_09

“...if reelected, he will oversee passage of immigration reform next year...”

And more cake and candy for FAT kids...and more alcohol for alcoholics...and more pot for lazy basement dwelling freeloaders...and more TAX PAYER DOLLARS for lazy welfare recipients...and more abortions, and more gay marriage, and more bail outs, and more spending on failed green jobs, and more radical communists and socialists in the white house. And all while being unopposed and unaffected by voter opinion and with a wink and nod for the press corpse(/s).

New odumbo campaign slogan: “more of everything for everyone for free”


4 posted on 10/24/2012 10:36:54 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: moonshinner_09
I will take action where I can.....just send your pesos to PO BOX 666 Wash,DC this Friday in plain brown envelope and a few cans of Pineapple I gotta get used to them..he he he....ah..ah..err, don't forget, PO BOX 666 with no return address of course...I'll see you on telemundo...adios amighost
5 posted on 10/24/2012 10:40:15 AM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: moonshinner_09

He was going to close Gitmo “next year”, when the year was 2008.


6 posted on 10/24/2012 10:42:50 AM PDT by cicero2k
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To: areukiddingme1
And more cake and candy for FAT kids...and more...

There is only one thing you can't have for free: Your Freedom.

7 posted on 10/24/2012 10:57:19 AM PDT by C210N ("ask not what the candidate can do for you, ask what you can do for the candidate" (Breitbart, 2012))
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To: moonshinner_09

The Kenyan is desperate


8 posted on 10/24/2012 11:08:32 AM PDT by tennmountainman
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To: C210N

“There is only one thing you can’t have for free: Your Freedom.”

Well put.


9 posted on 10/24/2012 11:10:26 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: moonshinner_09

How Obama ? You won’t be in office.


10 posted on 10/24/2012 11:23:54 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker ((God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.))
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To: moonshinner_09
Obama: I'll get immigration reform done next year

I bet! Translation: Amnesty. If 0bama steals the election, he'll rule like a dictator and to paraphrase him: "after his election he will have more flexibility".

11 posted on 10/24/2012 12:14:07 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty ( For AMERICA's sake: Vote for the Mormon, NOT the muslim; The Capitalist, NOT the Communist! FUBO!)
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To: moonshinner_09
It works every time on dimwit dems


12 posted on 10/24/2012 12:36:39 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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