Immigration Debacle for House Republicans

By Jeralyn, Section Blog Related
Posted on Thu Jul 31, 2014 at 04:45:44 PM EST
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They'll try to fix it tomorrow, but as of now, the border control bill has been a total debacle for Republican House leadership today.

[Republican Sen. Ted] Cruz, the hard-line Texas Republican, has been working behind the scenes to stir up conservative opposition to a House GOP plan to approve $659 million to secure the border and handle the flow of 57,000 migrant youths.

And it worked. Amid disarray, House GOP leaders canceled Thursday's vote after it was clear they did not have the votes.

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Does anyone feel sorry for this Republican?

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) said she was at Reagan National Airport preparing to board a flight home to Miami when she was called to return to the U.S. Capitol.

“I was upgraded because of my miles, I was so close!” she said.

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I think Eric Cantor (5.00 / 1) (#10)
by CaptHowdy on Fri Aug 01, 2014 at 10:25:20 AM EST

Is the happiest politician in DC today

The existence of (none / 0) (#1)
by CaptHowdy on Thu Jul 31, 2014 at 05:52:24 PM EST

"House Leadership" is a debatable proposition.

The hijacking of the GOP by the Tea Party is (none / 0) (#2)
by Angel on Fri Aug 01, 2014 at 07:57:24 AM EST

almost complete.

They don't want to govern (5.00 / 1) (#3)
by Mordiggian 88 on Fri Aug 01, 2014 at 08:39:54 AM EST

They want to be the monkey wrench in the machine. If they stop the Kenyan Usurper from carrying out his plan to turn this nation into a Socialist state where the 1% can't exploit the 99%, that's enough of a reward for them.


IMO it's more calculated than that (5.00 / 2) (#4)
by CaptHowdy on Fri Aug 01, 2014 at 08:47:22 AM EST

The goal is to stop government from working and let the idiot media blame "congress". The more dis functional government the easier it is for them to defund it.


Plus (5.00 / 1) (#6)
by christinep on Fri Aug 01, 2014 at 09:13:29 AM EST

Captain, the scenario that you outline would then be expected to degrade this President since "nothing is getting done." It is almost axiomatic among some political observers that if an incumbent can be stymied from accomplishing what people expect that two responses would follow ... first, the citizenry would complain against the naysayers (Congress) as do-nothings; second--and after a period of log-jam--the citizenry would transform their frustration into anger at the father figure (President) for not making it better.

It might have worked ... if the Repubs had not been so openly anxious, jumping-at-the-bit, transparently targeting the President from the beginning, and being pathetically inept. We'll see. Meanwhile, President Obama has some adept counter-punchers in the House and the Senate: The straight-forward debate from Pelosi and the successful craft of the cunning Reid. Now, I wonder how Boehner and his buddy in the Senate, Cruz, extricate themselves from their latest fiasco.


Yes (none / 0) (#8)
by CaptHowdy on Fri Aug 01, 2014 at 09:43:45 AM EST

I also think that a fair number of republicans who still have two brain cells to rub together are starting to realize that this is not a sustainable model.
There is only so long that government can get away with doing nothing. For one thing bridges start collapsing, stuff like that. Also they might be realizing that....wait.....government is......you know.....my job. I might have to.....you know......get a real job.

The next two years are going to be a total washout IMO. Nothing will happen except what the president can do on his own. That's a separate plan. Force the president to act by inaction and then talk about, or more, impeaching him for it.
Sadly I think we are where we are with president Obama. The right can not allow anything to happen for the next two years.

Which brings us to 2016. A very different election year.


Let's look at the bright side (5.00 / 1) (#11)
by NYShooter on Fri Aug 01, 2014 at 12:27:38 PM EST

I predict that if Progressives have, to use your proverbial "two brain cells," (and, I realize that's a big IF,) they could get a ruling majority by teaming up with the Tea Party.

I know that sounds crazy, but, let's think out of the box for a minute. And, for inspiration you can look at the unique "partnership" in the Middle East between Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, etc. You know, "My enemy's enemy is my friend."

But, back to my point: The Tea Party and the True Progressives have something in common. Both realize that the existing structure doesn't work; IOW, Government is broken, or, in reality, it has been hijacked. Think about it, what are some of the key complaints the TP has?

Stop shipping jobs overseas; hire domestically.
Get rid of special interest groups.
Average people should be able to run for

office, not just multi-millionaires.

Get government out of our private lives, no more snooping.
Corporations are not People.

Even some of their points that Progressives instinctively reject, I can show you where there is room for compromise. As one example, Corporate income tax. They are against it, and, say it should be zero. Well, I agree. Regardless of what the Supreme Court says, Corporations are not people. And, it's the people who own corporations that should pay the tax. Otherwise it's a double taxation; one at the Corporate level, and, then at the "