If the GOP insists on amnesty it will be seriously weakened as a national party for years to come. If it passes the demographics will vastly strenthen the Rats and bleed the GOP dry of any conservative support. The only viable course for the GOP is to pass a security only package. That is why he would sign it..He would have no real legacy otherwise. He has no permanent accomplishments but the awful "no child left behind" Kennedy act to point to and the WOT which he had to prosecute. My bet is the House will block the stpid nonsense from the Senate and nothing will get done which may well be as bad for the GOP as an amnesty bill. They will have let the Rats put them in a box from which they may not escape. Actually one could say Bush, the RINOs, and the Rats have put them (and US) in the box.
Conservatives, or which I once was one and in most circles am still considered to be one...(except on this forum) have been threatening to leave for years....
Some did, and then came back after they destroyed the third party they gravitated to.
So what is new?
Nothing at all....