[JesseHousman]

By re-electing our El Presidente, we have slowed our sinking into third world status by a year or so.

[Regulator]

It's hard to say. Kerry would have met massive resistance in the Congress. Bush is meeting focused resistance. Kerry probably would have ordered the Border Patrol to stand down, something he could do as CIC, and then signed an EO mandating "emergency relief" to all "undocumented workers".

So it's hard to say. You're probably right, Bush will simply drive slower on the road to Hell, since his friends in the Congress will keep trying to jam on the brakes.