It sounds like a stalemate between the House and Senate. It actually looks like the BEST outcome is gridlock for now. In the process, a healthy debate ensues, so it's not a wash. And the fact that an election coincides with all this is great. Why shouldn't people go on the record? If the House blocks amnesty, and the stalemate kills any chance of a bill, and then the GOP does better than expectations in the election, that will be a good thing for us. The one lookin' bad will be the lame duck prez and the amnesty crowd.
I saw Paul Gigot on Fox News about 2 months ago predicting there wouldn't be a bill by the Nov. elections..and then said that it would be the BEST thing that there would NOT.
I agreed then...and I agree more now, especially having watched the socialist, lib group's financed protests..AND the lousy bill that the Senate is debating right now.
I keep posing this question, so I'll ask it again: if, in 2006, the debate is about amnesty/citizenship, rather than about expulsion/deportation, where will the line be drawn 20 years from now?
Aside from the Civil War, this country is entering its greatest period of, as the Chinese proverb alludes, 'interesting times'. WWII, WWIII (Cold War) & WWIV (WoT), while seemingly representing grave threats at the time, have nothing on illegal immigration as to the potential impact on the country itself.
And it ain't even a world-war; it's just a repeat of history as all civilizations have fallen from within.