You are holding out for a utopia that won't happen. Folks are restless, and tired of the status quo. More and more will say, as they have on this thread, "well at least the Bush plan has a chance." They see it as the only option to the status quo, and begrudging support for Tancredo only bolsters that perception.
What plan would you rather have, Tancredo's, McCain's, Cornyn's, or Cannon's? Who would you rather empower?
utopia? LOL. Unless you caught my drift, I'm actually quite pessimistic on the chances for any positive reforms on the issue of illegal immigration, Tom's plan notwithstanding.
The right position is that we don't need a guest worker program. Period. These politicians work for us, not the other way around. Most Americans are against this nonsense. That should be the message to Congress and the WH. You start "compromising" with the "compromised" and you are going to end up with a bad deal.