Immigration Bill: Another Nail in the Coffin

Michelle is first with the news, as always. Senators and Representatives are in session this week, and they read the local DC papers. (Heck, many of them basically live here). What's the first thing they say when they look at the Washington Post? Front page, above the fold: Labor Site Backlash Felt at Polls In Herndon.

This is one area where I think Michelle is behind the curve - or perhaps she's merely vigilant. It looks more and more likely that 'comprehensive' immigration reform - code for a bill that includes an amnesty - is dead for this session. John Boehner and more recently Bill Frist, have both said that it is a bad idea.

Headlines like this are not lost on Members of Congress, who can see for themselves that voters are turning out to punish those who are 'soft' on illegal immigration. They know that those voters are predominantly Republican. While it remains possible that a 'comprehensive' bill gets done, I think at this point the likelihood is that no bill is done, with an outside shot at a bill that includes enforcement only.

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