[Reaganwuzthebest]

There are some who say this will pass, and soon. It doesn't mean that it will only that the forces of destruction won't go quietly:

Democrats say they may revisit immigration bill

But Mr. Kyl predicted Sunday that the Senate would return to the bill and pass it before its Fourth of July recess, even though he acknowledged that the immigration battle was taking a political toll on the Republican Party.

“There is no political winner in this for us,” Mr. Kyl said on CNN. “But sometimes there are big problems that have to be addressed, and there’s no political gain in it and maybe even political loss. You’ve got to do it, nonetheless.”

[cripplecreek]

News of it’s demise is premature.

[K-oneTexas]

I think Jim DeMint, Jeff Sessions, and Tom Coburn need to be actively recruiting their ‘Band of 12 or 14’ and begin their campaign for responsible reform.

[Tennessee Nana]

Sleep with both eyes open...

This Bill was snuck out of the Senate Sandy Burglar style and is hidden in a closet somewhere...

Only Harry Reid knows where...Any day or night this AMNESTY Bill will come out of the closet, be mixed with a milk-money-for-the-children Bill as an Amendment and voted on .....

[JohnLongIsland]

washington, both conservative and liberal have lost all touch with what the american people want. they might as well move the capitol into the united nations building and replace dingy harry with kofi annan (i guess he’s looking for work).

[Dov in Houston]

It laid down and took a rest. It did not die. Boosh and Reid are going to resurrect it yet

[SouthJrzReaganite18]

President Bush’s job-approval rating has fallen to its lowest mark of his presidency, according to a new Harris Interactive poll. Of 1,003 U.S. adults surveyed in a telephone poll, 29% think Mr. Bush is doing an “excellent or pretty good” job as president, down from 35% in April and significantly lower than 43% in January.

Odd, when Bush's approval rating is down to because of his handling of the war in Iraq, it's every other news story. Yet, when it is because of his clear support for a bill the American people do not want, the media falls quiet. You know something is wrong when the media is being nice to Bush (well, except for talk Radio of course).

So, what is the Republican Party about to do? They're about to back a bill that is so unpopular with their own base that it will significantly hurt fund raising, lead to primary challenges for senators up for reelection, and will probably peel off millions of potential voters who will stay home or vote for third party loser candidates in protest, rather than vote for the GOP.

Not to mention create a base of 12 million new Democrat voters. California will never be a red state again thanks to the amnesty of the 80's - and now we may do the same thing to Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. This will mean the death of the Republican party.

[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.