“Mr. Amnesty” doesn’t have a prayer.
I think the GOP did something interesting with their Immigration Principles statement. A lot of people here illegally don’t want citizenship; they want to work, and they’d rather work legally than illegally. Sure, if you poll them on a path to citizenship, they’ll be for it, but it’s not their main issue which is jobs.
The GOP put forth principles that would enable them to work here legally, and there’s no way the Senate will go for anything but citizenship, preferably instant citizenship. Some Hispanic groups even came out in support of the GOP proposal.
Now, with the Senate clearly going nowhere on the issue, the GOP states that immigration reform isn’t going to happen this year. Handled correctly during the campaign, the GOP might just be able to convince many Hispanic voters that a GOP senate could finally tackle the issue in a way they can live with.