Bush could cost himself the election doing this.Au contraire. One of the only ways Bush can lose is if he goes back on his campaign promise to "support existing law", and the media relentlessly points out how he broke a major campaign promise just like his Daddy did.
Let the House kill this monstrosity.
I dunno - that seems like a giant leap of faith. I'm not 100% up on the House/Senate leanings on this sort of thing. Do you really think it'll be allowed to sunset? Talk about a media shitstorm if it looks plausible.