Amen. I wish that the COnservatives that are complaining would get on board. Conservatives need to be looking at the tea leaves here. Bush doesnt need all the Republicans to get this passed in the House. The Dems will break toward the Bush plan having the "tancredo/King faction on the outside looking in when this gets passed. That would be a shame necause even though I disagree with the House bill I am not opposed to all it its ideas or all the sentiments behind it. It would be good to have as much conservative input in this bill as possible. The chances of a bill passing Congress I think is 50/50. This is a very dangerous game of political chicken when a part of the party refuses to compromise and the result might be that many of their good ideas will not be included.
The net effect of this plan will be to ensure, within a decade, millions more Democratic voters and ensure a possibly permanent liberal majority in the country. Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and even Texas and Oklahoma may tip permanently into the Democratic camp as California did in the 1990s.
By that time, the Bushes will have retired to a safe, gated community somewhere, where they can do the charity ball/country club circuit for the remainder of their days. The rest of us who cannot afford that lifestyle, especially those of us in the Southwest, will have to witness our English-speaking, middle class world transformed into the newest outpost of the Third World.