Illegals bill sinks Bush job approval

The Washington Times ^ | May 20,2007 | Stephen Dinan

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

President Bush yesterday used his weekly radio address to urge listeners to support the immigration deal reached by a handful of senators last week, even as new poll numbers showed the immigration issue is hurting Mr. Bush's job-approval ratings....

But the deal is too harsh for some lawmakers, and not strict enough for others. Its fate could depend on whether senators, and the voters who elected them, view the deal as an amnesty for the estimated 12 million to 20 million illegal aliens in the country....

Meanwhile, a new Rasmussen Reports poll found Mr. Bush's approval rating dropped to an all-time low for that poll, at 34 percent.
"The president's ratings have tumbled each time immigration reform dominates the news," Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, said in his analysis.
Mr. Rasmussen said that his polling last year, after Mr. Bush gave an Oval Office address laying out his plans for more border enforcement and giving illegal aliens a path to citizenship, found only 39 percent supported the president's position.

I think we will see some other amnesty politicians fall in the polls.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

In the end, it may be DEMOCRATS voting against it that saves us.

Then vote Democrat. I won't.

[Plains Drifter]

Didn’t get rid 9th Circut Court/ Pro NAFTA and CAFTA,won’t mention the UN.

[Colorado Buckeye]

I wonder what he has been promised if he succeeds.

Perhaps the Global Fantasy crowd has promised to designate him as one of their "founding fathers."

[FredHunter08]

“Then vote Democrat. I won’t.

I have no intention to. However, I won’t vote *liberal Republican* ever again.

If this despicable bill didn’t have strong RNC support, it would be going nowhere.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

I hate this stupid bill and we're going to win this. They do listen when they're bombarded. That's the point. We do have more power than we think.

If you read my original post you see the danger of any Republican sitting out an election. I know it makes you feel superior to refuse to vote for a RINO, but after a primary is over, we must hang together or we get what we got in Iowa. So far, McConnell and gang have been able to prevent a total catastrophe on the national level.

Don't get me wrong, I dislike RINOs as much as the next person but if we have to have them to keep a majority, then they're better than a D. VOTE REPUBLICAN!!

I've worked in the political process for many years and have had to deal with RINOs. They drive us crazy but there are times they're useful.

[FredHunter08]

“I know it makes you feel superior to refuse to vote for a RINO, but after a primary is over, we must hang together or we get what we got in Iowa.”

Guiliani would be worse than Hillary. We’ve seen what a liberal Republican gets - support from Republicans in Congress for their liberal agenda.

“I’ve worked in the political process for many years and have had to deal with RINOs. They drive us crazy but there are times they’re useful.”

Rudy never would be. He has no business in this party.