Is Bush is Banking on a Democrat Congress to Pass Amnesty?
"At the beginning of 2006, the constellations were in perfect alignment for the
forces of open borders and amnesty . . . All amnesty opponents had going for them was the wishes of a majority of the American people and the rank-and-file Republicans in Congress. And yet amnesty was defeated in a spectacular fashion," writes Mac Johnson. "In short, voting Democrat, or not voting at all, merely amounts to cutting off our Tancredo to spite our Bush. It would be throwing away the tremendous victory we have won this year and, worse, set in motion a tsunami of increased illegal immigration."
"President Bush can lambaste the Democrats all he likes, but on the biggest issue where there is likely to be legislative action from a new Democratic Congress, Bush agrees with Nancy Pelosi and the liberal wing of the Democratic party. They all support 'cutting-and-running' from serious immigration enforcement," notes Rich Lowry, editor of National Review.
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