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They judged the political reality to be that we weren't going to deport umpteen million people, so they tried to come up with a plan to deal with that.

I'm not saying they were right or I (not being elected or running for anything) would do the same. I'm saying that coming along later and beating them up for it is a little unfair.

Anybody who gets elected is part of the Establishment by definition, but Walker is better than most, and if you or I had been elected a few years back, we'd have done the same and would probably be getting abused as GOPe right now.

[Fantasywriter]

Again, you’re saying the only way to get elected is by advocating citizenship for the never ending horde of foreign invaders. If you believe that, I can’t help you.