The are trying to eliminate the social conservative base, and are hoping to pull enough Democrats across to win. It cannot happen. The GOP has barely won the last two Presidential elections, even WITH the social conservatives. They are all flirting with disaster with this immigration bill, and the voters will NOT forget during the 2008 elections. Count on it.
Yes, and the reason it’s chances in the House are weaker than in the Senate is that those guys are up for re-election every other year, and are in effect in campaign mode all the time. Wonder how their Memorial Day week recess town hall meetings are going?
The first part is correct, but they know there won't be crossover Democrat votes for Republicans to win ever again. And that's fine with them. They are opting for a one-party system since that's mainly what it is anyway, and they are going to come out of the closet and show us that our votes are about as valuable as all those Iraqui votes were for Saddam, or the Cuban votes are for Castro. The only question is will they REQUIRE us to show up and cast a vote or will they be happy if the disgruntled stay home?