Immigration Bill Navigates Early Obstacles [Liberals Use Scandals to Divert Amnesty]

Slow but sure seems to be working for the supporters of the Senate’s immigration bill. With Washington distracted by scandals large and small, the Senate Judiciary Committee continued to chew its way through amendments to the bipartisan measure on Monday.

With 10 Democratic supporters and two Republican authors of the bill on the 18-member panel, the committee has parried dozens of attempts to undermine the measure during the first four days of debate, such as a Republican proposal on Monday that would have allowed profiling of immigrants based on their country of origin.

The Senate Dems strategy is to only accept amendments by those who support the bill, and even limit those. So Hatch and other RINOs get something they ask for (more workers) while amendments to keep the Dreamers OFF the public feeding troth are rejected to keep Dem support.

Then they will lecture us :’This is it. This is the compromise. Its this or nothing. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. This is historic both parties coming together. Dont ruin the bi-partisionship we have bonded. Those good vibes. Lets make history,. Its counting on you’, picture Schumer, this or nothing.

I turned on CSPAN for about 10 minutes this morning and I just couldn’t take it. Leahy was up there hemming and hawing around and it struck me that our country is being run by a bunch of old fools. No wonder we are up shites creek.

They are going to ram this amnesty down our throats whether we like it or not. The GOP will go along with it. They all want to move on to other things.

Latinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers... [Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reform]
...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly "eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don't always all agree on every issue" ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party," Paul said. [Rand Paul: Time for GOP to soften war stance]
One day after announcing on his radio show that he is "truly considering" running in 2014 for the U.S. Senate seat now held by New Jersey's Frank Lautenberg, Rivera amped up his message today in a television interview and a column on the Fox News Latino website... a moderate Republican who is fiscally conservative but also supports gay marriage and Roe v. Wade... [Geraldo Rivera declares himself a 'moderate Republican' as he eyes U.S. Senate run]

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