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It's never going to happen. Did you not possibly notice that Bush didn't address "border security" with respect to his plan? Did you not notice that he also didn't spell out in any detail the exact nuances of his plan (i.e. will employees have to provide minimum wage, or basic health insurance, etc.)? And of course, you probably missed the fact that Dennis Hastert announced today the plan as virtually dead, because there was no way they could get the votes in Congress for it. I don't think that's going to change after the next election. What ever is proposed in this plan leaves Bush ample wiggle room to get out of anything the Democrats might throw at him. Also, if anything from this plan survives it's going to require a lot of "horse-trading."

Perception is reality. It is probably dead on arrival but the perception of Bush's proposal will survive for months to come. He may very well regret he ever promoted the idea.