Paul, I would suggest that Bush has wanted a worker permit program for a long time. IMO this is nothing but a cosmetic makeoever of what he has floated all along, and the makeover isn't really that extensive at all.
He will facilitate increased legal transitions into our nation. These people will never be sent back home.
The Mexicanization of the U.S. will slip into a higher gear, that's all. It will now be legitimate for millions of people to sap our resources.
Our kids will wind up picking up still another tab, and the balkinization of the U.S. will fluorish.
You are negative. A person is allowed to change his mind on something, as long as they are not a reed in the wind, bending to the slightest pressure, which President Bush is not.