If they vote for anything resembling the Senate bill the Republicans can kiss power goodbye.
And if they vote for anything resembling the House Bill they can kiss power goodbye.
Look, let's be realistic here, this is a LOSE/LOSE proposition for Republicans. THey pass the Senate version they lose the right wing base. They pass the House version and they lose the moderate center.
The only thing they can do is find a compromise that keeps the new penalties in place, but allows those already in the country to apply for guest worker status. Anyone who cannot see that is either blind, a moron, or so stuck on thier position that they don't give a damn about keeping control of anything.
This will be the straw that breaks our backs here in our family. I told a Republican Fund raiser that phoned yesterday NOT to call me back AGAIN until the border is secured and illegals are sent back!
Yeah, let's get the Dems in there, and considering how hard it is to get someone OUT of Congress once they're in there, a good decade or two of them in power will really show the Republicans how it's done. I can just see the illegals being kicked out left and right under Hillary, Teddy, Kerry...
Not saying the R's don't need to get their heads straight, but if you don't think it can get any worse, let's have Ted K in charge of immigration policy.