[penowa]

"...it's too early to say for sure how much damage it will cause, but my best guess is that it will probably cost us the presidency, 5 seats in the Senate, and probably 10-15 house seats."

Very optimistic assessment IMO. If the Republicans escaped with that little damage, they would have a guardian angel looking out for their interests or Karl Rove working his magic on the voting machines as the DUmmies believe.

[Cicero]

Agreed. If this bill were to pass, the Republican Party would never win again. For one thing, the Democrats would pick up a huge influx of voters. For another, conservatives would never trust the party again, regardless of who was nominated.

And I doubt very much whether conservatives could put together a new party that would take back the White House, to replace the defunct Republican party. By the time they got one put together, the Democrats would have pocketed a hundred million illegal voters.