No he will not change his mind. He is a stubborn cuss. He has advocated this proposal his entire life as a public official. He really believes it is the right thing to do and it makes no difference to him what the political implications are. What is surprising is the number of "teed off conservatives" that are shocked at this. He has been VERY public in his view on this issue both as governor and in his presidential campaign. No he will not back down because to him, he IS standing on principle.
Right. As I feared.
We had a poster here about five years ago, Donna, from Arizona. She'd studied him since the Ma Richards days and she knew all about this soft spot on illegals. But I still find it amazing he's pushing something not even the Dems would dare to enunciate. Must be a personal thing, with the President? Oh well, I guess all we can do is hope the outrage dies down by towards the end of the year. What worries me is, you need as big a safety margin as possible when you're going up against the Dems, in case they pull some kind of last minute manufactured scandal out of the hat, that energises their usual stay-at-homes. if this kind of thing keeps popping up, we are going to be cutting into the safety margin.
"Guest worker" means different things to different people. To most conservatives it means Jose gets a permit to work for a limited period of time and then goes home!
But the perception about this proposal is that Jose comes in, along with the Mrs. and the kiddies for at least three years with the ability to extend. Also from the President's lips -- Some of them may even choose to stay and become American citizens.
That's not just a guest worker! That is a free pass into the country. And if it applies to illegals already here, then it is amnesty no matter how you distort it!