2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHow far will the Republicans go to criticize President Obama's immigration decision from last week
Pretty far, apparently: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/gop-rep-undocumented-teens-had-a-say-in-coming-to-us.php?ref=fpnewsfeed
They are now saying that 16 year old undocumented immigrants "have a say" in coming here illegally. I guess they now believe in expanded rights for children?
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)Parents shouldn't listen to their kids about anything, especially when it comes to decisions about whether or not to support marriage equality!
cr8tvlde
(1,185 posts)Where teenagers run the show or should be left Home Alone. LOL if it weren't so pathetic.
siligut
(12,272 posts)Obama got out of line on this one, they can't let that stand. But they can't risk turning-off Latino voters either.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)will be very entertaining to watch from now through November. They have basically been against anything and everything that President Obama has proposed and/or done. They have boxed themselves in on just about everything at this point.
liberalnationalist
(170 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)The more pragmatic ones recognized immigration reform was necessary not only because it was right, but more important to them it would prevent losing the latino vote for several generations. They were simply stalling until they were in power, so as to deny Obama a victory. Of course, the tea-bagging base wants no part of giving brown-skinned people any rights at all. Obama neatly side-stepped them all, and gave a crushing blow to the GOP.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)Yup- Of course, they could have also done something when Bush was POTUS since they had Congress for six whole years but they blew that opportunity too.
Oh well.......
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)and not had to deal with the tea-bagger faction. Or they could have taken care of it in a bi-partisan effort under Obama, and claimed a co-victory.