Comments on: Why Obama could be the biggest obstacle to an immigration deal

By: joekenha

joekenha — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:47:35 +0000

Republicans have returned to the McCain-Ted Kennedy-George W. Bush immigration consensus that thrived around 2006

Republicans should have nothing to do with anything from that horrific year.

By: forest

forest — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:09:56 +0000

Why Obama could be the biggest obstacle to an immigration deal?

He’ll do whatever gives him an advantage over The Enemy and help him consolidate his power. The policies and issues don’t much matter in and of themselves.

By: MikeA

MikeA — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:58:26 +0000

galvanize Republicans

You gotta be kidding. At present I think that would be like galvanizing Jello.

By: INC

INC — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:07:38 +0000

No one ‘leads from behind.’ You can manipulate behind the scenes or deflect responsibility with passive aggressive moves, but that’s not leadership, it’s gamemanship of the worst sort.

By: thurman

thurman — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:06:41 +0000

if this looks like it's making Rubio look favorable at all he will sabotage it some how, just watch

By: crrr6

crrr6 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:00:26 +0000

Obama is only interested in legislation which feeds his power base. He wants immigration reform but only with the minimum number of GOP votes to see it through (and preferably with lots of mutiny within our ranks) so that he can take total credit and continue to cast anti-immigrant aspersions upon us in future elections. The last thing he wants a Hispanic GOP presidential contender for 2016 having shepherded this into law.