"It's the stuff revolutions are made of."
... also the stuff electoral landslide defeats are made of. I'm not surprised that Frist is livid with Specter for letting a pro-amensty Democrat bill get passed.
If only the Republicans could tag the Democrats as the pro-amnesty party (which they are) and get away from falling into the same trap.
Im my view, Kyl-Cornyn is the kind of middle-ground solution. A zero-amnesty solution that allows some measure of guest worker provisions to fill the gaps that would occur if we clamped down on illegal immigration without addressing need for workers.
The "desperate" need for workers is over-hyped. A lot of kids are underemployed, and wages are way down already. The labor supply would adjust itself if our elites would let it. One thing that isn't hyped is the overwhelming amount of Hispanic immigration we've had over the past 40 years. Census data shows us the undeniable change it has brought to our demographics. Looking around in a city like LA should be all that it takes to realize that we don't need any more "migrant" labor from Mexicans.