Very interesting hypothesis. I agree, it would be a good strategy for Boehner to move quickly on some form of non-combative legislation but I highly doubt the smallr-republicans will do any such thing. They’re too busy brushing up the nap on the red carpet, welcoming 12 million illegals as well as devising strategies to crush the Tea Party to do anything sensible.
If the internecine fighting in the Republican party has gotten that bad, it might be wise for Tea Party conservative types to leave that particular Babylon, like the well worn whore she has become! Better for our very souls, even if temporal circumstances won’t go well for us!
I think a good counter approach to the illegal alien approach is to start a series of existential campaigns that at least get the illegals asking why certain politicians are straining so mightily to get them into the American system...to get them to question the motives of their so called ‘benefactors’. So the question to ask, especially the women is....does politician X really care about your status as a person or does he/she want you for just a vote and as a cheap source of labor; do they really care about you and your 4 hungry babies?
Once questions start being asked of politicians of both parties who are pushing this issue, it will be easier then to expose the monied lobbying interests that are influencing these politicians. In some ways it is the long game that progressive Dems are playing but at the bottom end, its always about somebody’s wealth and power!