If Republicans would grow some brass ones, and actually secure the border, the crossover support from the same bloc which was known as "Reagan Democrats" could drive a huge wave of support for the GOP.
Nobody gets it in Washington.
BUILD THE STUPID FENCE. Right now.
Listened to Krauthammer on Fox earlier. He had a couple of observations. He believes that many who oppose the McCain-Kennedy bill would be a little more disposed to support it if we were serious about stopping the flow of illegals. His suggestion, build a fence 10, 15, 20 feet, whatever it takes from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. On the day the Golden Post is driven, then we can talk about guest worker programs and amnesty. Further, he said, if there is a guest worker program for those already here, it is not a ticket for your wife, brother, sister, mother, father, uncle or aunt back in the home country to come to the US. But first build the fence.
Fox had one other statistic -- only one-third of the illegals are from Mexico, the other two-thirds are from other central and SA countries (plus some Arabs, that we also know).
These guys get it. They know that if they push for a true conservative agenda their puppetiers will defund them. They are owned by the elites that have no desire for us conservaties winning. Plus these pols know that you will vote them back in for whatever trangressions.
Build a fence? Oh no, we can't do that. It could offend illegal aliens and they might not go vote, with their illegal votes. Oh no, we can't do that.