I agree with much of what you suggest, but I have to disagree on your argument about GOP voters being motivated in 2014 if amnesty passes. I don’t care how much Lindsey Graham or the other frauds pretend to care about the Tea Party.
There is simply no point in continuing to defend a party that lacks basic self-preservation instincts.
I dont see Grahamnesty even pretending to care for the Tea Party, but their trick, and Rubio and Paul are better at it than the other two, is to get on TV every Sunday morning and bark and woof about Obama.
Mccain’s complains are usually centered around complaining that we havent attacked Syria yet, like that is our #1 issue.
Then in 2016 Rubio will tell us how Dems lied to him and deceived him on immigration, just like they did to Reagan,
and so we should be hopping mad at them (Dems) and work day and night to elect every GOP.
At the same time he will go to Hispanic groups in IN SPANISH tell them how much stuff immigration reform will get them, and how it was all his idea. too.
Heck, 'conservatives' bought the Ryan scam 10 year plan even thought it was not serious non-sense. Only much later some of his votes got some of them mad at him.