You must see a differnt Senate than the one I see, there is no way to get the tough bill you want right now.
The War on Terror is a more immediate threat to the safety of our country...
"You must see a differnt Senate than the one I see, there is no way to get the tough bill you want right now."
It's not about getting a bill passed necessarily. The House Repubs had an opportunity to frame the debate with a new bill, or demand Bush fund prior authorizations, and distinguish themselves from Bush. They could even corner the Senate with promises of later talks about guest worker plans for their lobby moneymasters.
The Repubs are going to have a problem. Look at Britain, Labor members are challenging Blair and getting more popular doing so.
We also need to keep immigration under the intense light of an election. I fear we are going to get screwed later. Bush is dead set for his "legacy" of wage depression and lobby paybacks, I think because he can give it a cover story about "compassion" for illegal immigrants. Also he may well be a globalist and pulling us down to Latin American type socio-economic stratification is a-ok with him.
You are right, the senate sees itself as the "smart" part of government.
They are still infested with the trent lott go along to get along mentality of the 1970's.
We need some blood and guts senators. We need senators with no sense of job secuirty.