I don't personally know anybody who's angry about it. And the polls show it's not a very important issue, the Johnny One Notes on FR not withstanding.
Some of the anger at Bush stretches back to his 2000 election, when the president lost the popular vote but took the majority of electoral votes after the Supreme Court stopped a (second, third, fourth, however many it took for Gore to win) recount in Florida.
I can't confirm or deny your personal experience, but my experience is quite different. Most republicans that I know are very dissappointed with the proposal.
And many Senate Republicans report that their constituents have relayed to them that they are very disturbed by the proposal. There was an article here just to this affect not more than a week ago.
Maybe you don't hang out with conservative. It's none of my business.
And the polls show it's not a very important issue, the Johnny One Notes on FR not withstanding.
I think you are wrong. I think the Republican Representatives have reported that they have been given an earful on the matter by the people they represent. They passed this on to GWB's on advisor's. I don't know which polls you are referring to, but if this was put to the Republican voterbase as a whole, I think it would be rejected by a wide margin.
Which poll are you aware of that shows overwhelming Republican support for the "Guest Worker" program. I'd like to review it.