Beat The Repukes Until They Cry Uncle!

[kpete]

Push it real good

by Doug Harlan J

There’s no way on earth that any kind of major immigration reform will pass between now and November, 2012. Democrats should push the issue anyway, though, because (a) it’s a big political winner and (b) if Republicans take enough of a beating among Latino voters in 2012, they may change their tune and help pass something in the next Congress or the one after.

I understand the rationale for not pushing it earlier. I don’t know if Democrats had 60 Senators ready to vote for it—Ben Nelson and Evan Bayh are cynical enough and dumb enough to have thought it would be a bad idea, for example—in the last Congress and if Obama had tried and failed with a Democratic Congress, it would have looked worse than not trying at all.

Now is a perfect time to try. Republicans will block it and they’ll pay a price at the polls for doing so. The only way to make progress on this issue right now is beat Republicans with it until they say uncle.

http://www.balloon-juice.com/2011/05/10/push-it-real-good/

[damntexdem]

1. Hell, push them until they cry "tio."

;-)

[OHdem10]

2. You are correct. However, the Republicans are also playing

HardBall Politics. When Boehner gave his speech to
Wall Streeter, Medicare is still on the table. Are
they using a similar tactic. Cut Medicare and if
Obama agrees to cuts, Obama becomes responsible for
cutting Medicare. Just as Bill Clinton "ended Medicaid"
and passed Nafta, the Republicans get their legislation
but the Democratic President pays the price. In the
last election in Ohio, Bill Clinton was responsible for
Nafta and therefore we got J. Kasich for Governor, and
Bush's Labor Guy for Senator. The President is going to
have to play this one very skillfully.