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TPM asked McCain if Republicans can recover in 2016 if the overhaul falters and if the party nominates a pro-immigration candidate. He took a deep breath and shook his head.
“No,” he said.
More: McCain Gently Warns House GOP: We’re Doomed if You Screw Up Immigration Reform
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Whack-A-Mole Thu, Jun 27, 2013 3:37:57pm |
Damned if they do, damned if they don’t. The only winning move is..to obstruct everything.
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EPR-radar Thu, Jun 27, 2013 3:39:36pm |
re: #1 Whack-A-Mole
Damned if they do, damned if they don’t. The only winning move is..to obstruct everything.
The House GOP has firmly embraced the seagull school of management. Swoop in, make loud noises, crap all over everything, and leave.
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majii Thu, Jun 27, 2013 4:08:30pm |
I have zero sympathy for the predicament the GOP now finds itself in in regard to immigration reform. The leaders never took steps to silence the nativists in the party, gave them free reign to say anything they wanted to about undocumented Hispanic immigrants, and in some cases, took part in the demonization of them. Now that the members in the House need to move on immigration reform, many of them are stuck, held hostage by the TPers who voted for them and who don’t want immigration reform. The upcoming vote, if there is one, will reveal whether the GOPers’ loyalty is to their party’s future or their desire to keep their seats in Congress. If Boehner uses the Hastert “Rule” to try to pass a more punitive form of immigration reform, I predict that immigration reform will die in the House, as did the farm bill.
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Blue Point Thu, Jun 27, 2013 5:08:37pm |
re: #3 majii
Suicide on the installment plan. I couldn’t be happier that these jackals are eating their own and shitting on everything else.
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