Posted on 09/16/2008 11:27:07 PM PDT by Checkers
If immigration is your number one political priority, what should you do this election?
We begin with the observation that Democrats will likely consolidate and expand their control of the Senate and the House. This is good news for the immigration cause. However, in spite of controlling Congress for the past two years Democrats have done virtually nothing on immigration benefits and have continued massive spending on immigration enforcement. So, even though most political analysts are agreed that Democrats are poised for significant gains in the House and the Senate, that alone does not portend any immigration benefits in the coming years.
With that background, let us examine the difference in prospects for immigration benefits on Jan 20, 2009 if we get President Obama or if we get President McCain.
If we get President Obama, Democrats are going to be euphoric on Jan 20, 2009, and rightly so - being back in the White House, at last, after 8 long and bitter years. Democrats have not been able to pursue their priorities for 8 years and we can expect them to act aggressively on their big priorities immediately after a President Obama takes office. There are at least four Democratic priorities ahead of immigration: the Iraq war, universal health care, budget/taxes and energy policy. These are all large, complex issues and Congress will take most of a President Obama's first term to work on these. In such a scenario, we will not see any significant immigration benefits in the foreseeable future.
If we get President McCain, we will still have a powerful Democratic majority in Congress on Jan 20, 2009.
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Please ping the “Just Say No To Juan” ping list.
Ya think?
Ping!
The thought had crossed my mind.
Liberal Republicans are always more efficient than liberal Democrats at expanding government.
The May 29, 2003, Tucson Citizen quoted Mr. McCain as stating that "Amnesty has to be an important part of" any immigration solution.
Mr. McCain was a cosponsor of S. 774, the Dream Act, providing in-state tuition for illegal aliens.
Last year, Mr. McCain voted against an amendment (Senate Amendment 1184) introduced by Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican, that would have permanently barred gang members, terrorists, sex offenders, alien absconders, aliens convicted of domestic violence and aliens convicted of at least three DUIs from the United States. The Cornyn Amendment was rejected on a 51-46 vote.
McCain, Cindy McCain and Sarah Palin have all received numerous letters and calls from me.
I just hope he understands the culture depends on it.
That title really ought to be “McCain-Kennedy Reborn”. I saw it and was confused, considering McCain was alive at the same time as JFK and couldn’t possibly be him reincarnated.
Really. It is evidently written for the class of scum suckers that call themselves “Immigration Attorneys”. They may get a very rude shock if the Republicans win back the House AND the Presidency. Wouldn’t that upset their little apple cart?!
Nope. Not anymore. Good chance the rats will be losing several seats and McCain-Kennedy will never reach McCain's desk.
Isn't there something incongruous about campaigning/voting for a candidate when, immediately upon their election, we will have to fight against their policies?
I hope you are right about that, but the “swinger” voters might swing back to Obama and a much bigger Dem majority (the economy is shaky lately). Even if Republicans don’t lose too many seats, a lot of them can’t be trusted on immigration.
This is a great tactic to stir up Republicans in an effort to erode McCains bump in the polls.
We all know what we are getting with McCain. We all know we will have to fight him on immigration.
I would rather fight someone on my own team than have to fight the entire opposing team. The opposing team does not care about my opinion and will do what they want. My team listened last time and will listen again.
>>Isn’t there something incongruous about campaigning/voting for a candidate when, immediately upon their election, we will have to fight against their policies?<<
Absolutely. With Palin as his VP nominee, now McC has “pandered to the right wing” and has most of them on his side. He thinks he does not need us anti-amnesty people, and he may be right.
Unfortunately, not that many of us seem to be worried about amnesty at this moment.
I'm more worried than I have ever been.
The awful truth is that as much as I hate it, I'd rather fight the devil I know than the one I don't.
Even worse, is that I am ever hopeful Palin will inherit the Presidency without ever having to campaign for that office.
We beat McCain once, we'll do it again.
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>>We beat McCain once, we’ll do it again.<<
I hope you are right. Last year Bush, McCain, Kennedy etc. came very close to succeeding. The vote against amnesty seemed stronger than it might have been because of some Republicans like Brownback changing their votes at the last minute when they realized it would not get 60 votes.
We should have a president who will veto c**p like this but we won’t get one.
” Democrats will likely consolidate and expand their control of the Senate and the House...”
Says who? The approval numbers of the rat congress are 9%. And voters are finally learning that the rats are in charge of congress. Nice try, you south of the border Marxist thugs.
Thank you!
With what might seem a big “mandate” with many democrats either scared or “racist” voting for McCain, it will be very hard to keep his pet project down. They are “God’s Children” don’t you know.
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