[Cold Heat]

That was just not smart.

In retrospect, you are right. But I think they totally misjudged the reaction.

[nickcarraway]

In retrospect, you are right. But I think they totally misjudged the reaction.

Which is strange, because he tried some kind of amnesty trial ballon a yeasr or two earlier and had to drop it.

[Sabertooth]

In retrospect, you are right. But I think they totally misjudged the reaction.

How is that possible?

The Bush Administration has been angling for ways to push a large Amnesty for years, in the face of many polls and letters indicating that most Republicans do not want Amnesty.

Some of us have spent a lot of time making sure that Bush knew exactly what our reaction would be, in our efforts to dissuade him from Amnesty.

What could we have done to better prepare him and prevent the Amnesty debacle?