well— I respectfully disagree...
I believe he is tired of crapt— but he wants this....he really really wants this, and is willing to fight his base on it.....he waited til he was re-elected to push this agenda through....and The Hammer from Texas being gone is a big help as well.....I just don’t think he would have allowed this bill the slightest of chances....although, I could be wrong on that.
Yeah I can see your POV as well. It would explain why he picked Gonzalez as his AG.
I just don’t remember him being all open borders like when he was my Govenor.
He’s adopted more of a “go along to get along” attitude since he arrived in D.C.
Judging from his history, I agree with you. In 2000, he ran on a platform of "comprehensive immigration reform," replete with a guest-worker program. When he got elected, he was all chuchily-muchily with Vincenze Fox and was set to push for this program, but then 9/11 happened and he had to explain to Vincenze Fox that it would be necessary to go slow on this stuff. Then in 2006, he tried to get it through but was defeated by the Republican-controlled House. After the election, he said that one good thing about the Democrats getting control of the House was that "comprehensive immigration reform" stood a better chance of getting through.
So he was always for it - but had to postpone it for a while.