It's not hard to figure out if you're a pragmatist.
Reagan gambled that "one last amnesty" would give time to close the dyke. It didn't happen for TWENTY YEARS. Now Bush had the ugly proposition of balancing elections, and a war, and a totally irrational base.....in light of the fact txsleuth pointed out....people like Santorum was a huge proponent of the fence. How'd that go for him? Was that Bush's fault?
Bush may have easily done the best anyone could in the worst of situations.
Friggin Clinton "wished" that something like 9/11 would happen to him. Bush, I'm sure, prayed that he didn't have all this land on his shoulders.
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