Whereas it has been documented on this thread from two different articles that the percentage of seats lost from Tancredo's immigration caucus was LOWER than the pro-amnesty bunch.
So someone is lying here. Please show details to back up your claim.
Well it pretty easy, the democrats gained 30 seats and 10 of those pickups came from Tancredo's caucus, including such big names as Hayworth and Hostettler who made immigration a big part of their campaigns.
Tancredo, Buchanan, and the small but vocal minority in the Republican party are NOT the holders of the key that will allow the Republicans to continue in office.
Most core voters were disgusted at the Republicans failure to comprehensively address the immigration debacle, along with their failure to address ANY issue with something more than cowardly sleaziness. This does not translate to an affirmation that the Republican party core is for slamming the door and expelling all illegals. There is a sizeable group of Republicans who would be perfectly happy to admit the whole crowd of illegals now, if we could devise some type of system to get them mainstreamed into our social order.
Shrieking "NO SHAMNESTY" is not going to get the Congress back for you.