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There was an article in a New Mexico paper (I think New Mexico -- can't find it right now) within the last month on the subject that the politicians and the public were not in agreement on what should be done about immigration. One of the people interviewed/quoted in the article was a Republican strategist. To paraphrase what this strategist said, "We know what the public wants on immigration, but we don't care. When it comes time to vote, they won't vote based on the immigration issue but on other issues. So, we are going to do what we want on immigration regardless of what the people want because it won't cost us any votes". I don't know if they felt enough wrath over 245(i) to shift strategy or not. I was going to send a letter to the RNC (or somebody) pointing out that with a strategist like that they might be in deep trouble. Like do they realize that they probably lost control of the Senate because of immigration. If Abraham was not so pro-immigration then there would not have been as much support for the Reform Party candidate and Abraham would likely have retained his Senate seat and the Republicans would still have control of the Senate. Not to mention the fact that it was tremendously stupid of this strategist to announce in public that the Republican leadership just didn't give a damn about what the people wanted, they were only concerned about what they could get away with.

To paraphrase what this [republican] strategist said, "We know what the public wants on immigration, but we don't care. When it comes time to vote, they won't vote based on the immigration issue but on other issues. So, we are going to do what we want on immigration regardless of what the people want because it won't cost us any votes".

bam, thanks for sharing that info. This guy evidences all the arrogance and over-confidence that is normally present just before things get turned upside down. Reminds me of investors’ attitudes at the peak of a bull market right before a bear market settles in. The Republican Leadership's contempt for their base will be their undoing. I believe there has been a major turning point on the issue of immigration because the problems associated with illegal immigration have become too great for many people to ignore anymore. The RNC and Bush will be in denial about this until they start losing key elections. Maybe then they will start listening. Their old preconceptions are about to get nullified.