Eric Cantor Torches Immigration Reform After Call With Obama

talkingpointsmemo.com ^ | 4/16/14 | Sahil Kapur

[cotton1706]

I don't believe this for a minute! This is just good cop, bad cop, get me reelected, then let's compromise on what we both know we want: Amnesty!

[dowcaet]

Yep, Cantor will cave in next year after the elections.

[brownsfan]

Cantor: I’ll be much more flexible after the election.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Since when does Cantor have a spine?

[cotton1706]

“Since when does Cantor have a spine?”

Exactly! He only has vitriol for conservatives!

[Jewbacca]

“Since when does Cantor have a spine?”

Temporary grumpiness due to carb depletion during Passover.

Plus a red wine hangover that last a couple days.

[CitizenUSA]

I believe it. President Obama has demonstrated his unwillingness to compromise on many, many issues. That said, Representative Cantor clearly wants immigration reform (amnesty), but he and the rest of the GOPe aren’t ready to cut their throats on the issue without some political cover from the Democrats. The GOPe has to at least appear concerned about border security for example.

[Black Agnes]

This year’s lame duck session will be particularly ‘interesting’. No telling what sort of smelly disgusting legislation gets passed then.

[dforest]

If you don’t like the way Obama treats you, then show your displeasure with actions Cantor. You lemmings have allowed him to defy the Constitution over and over and all you can do is whine because he wasn’t nice to you. Obama was announcing to you that if you don’t do what he says, he is going to diss you again with more illegal executive orders and you will do nothing but whine and cave.

[Yogafist]

"You do not attack the very people you hope to engage in a serious dialogue."

Doesn't this sound like Obama talking about Putin and Ukraine?

[Night Hides Not]

Obama threw him a bone to use in Cantor's fight against Tea Partiers. This is all inside baseball. Cantor still thinks he'll replace Boehner as Speaker, and will owe Obama a favor.

Am I being too cynical? Convince me otherwise.

[Cheerio]

The national clown will just grant amnesty using his phone and his pen. As absurd as that sounds does anyone doubt he wouldn't try? Nobody going to impeach this usurper.

IMHO I think Cantor is trying to get his conservative base (if he even has any) back in line - Cantor wants desperately to grant amnesty just like Bonehead - they believe they newly minted RAT voters will somehow reward the GOP by voting for them -HA HA.

[Cen-Tejas]

Beat me to it!!

It’s transparent !

[Georgia Girl 2]

Cantor agrees with Obama but the timing is wrong. We will get amnesty right after the new congress is sworn in next Jan.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Beware the lame duck congress. No good shall come of it.

Also, if the Pubbies take the Senate, they will collaborate with the RINOs in the house and ram amnesty through. Bet on it.

IMO, the odds are 50/50 that a (RINO) Republican Senate (coupled with a Boehner controlled House) will be as bad or worse for the country than the current situation.

The GOPe is just itching to sell us out.

[Paine in the Neck]

RINO taqqiyah. Don't fall for it. Keep the heat on.

1. secure the border in a transparently verifiable way;
2. end the anchor-baby interpretation of the 14th Amendment;
3. enforce eVerify without exception and with severe penalties;
4. no government benefits beyond critical emergency care (and that ought to be billed back to the home government); and
5. NO "Path to Citizenship" - EVER - for anyone who has entered the US illegally.

Any bill that does not accomplish these five things is unacceptable. It is de facto amnesty. And it will inevitably encourage millions more illegal entries.

[cotton1706]

“Beat me to it!!

It’s transparent !”

Yeah, fresh from attending Steve LaTourette’s “moderates are great” conference, we’re expected to believe that Cantor is all of a sudden “standing up to Obama.”

What probably happened is that Cantor & Company discussed the playbook to defeat conservatives and part of that is to pretend to be conservative to get renominated, then reelected, then get elected Speaker or remain as Majority Leader where he can continue to be an Obama policy ally.

We are not fooled!

[TomGuy]

Cantor is just trying to show some backbone in case Boehner does not seek the speakership in the next legislative session.

Cantor is still an amnesty pusher.

[Mariner]

"Since when does Cantor have a spine?"

It's been replaced by unmitigated gall.

[NautiNurse]

Perhaps the “Republican Main Street Partnership” meeting last weekend forced realization that the GOP actually does need conservative voters to win an election.