Reply #31: Partly because they see it as the "Republican Party Destruction Act of 2007". [View All]

That's Rush's term not mine.

Partly because they may believe that the 12 million illegal immigrants deserve a compassionate resolution to their legal status. We can leave them the way they are, legalize them in some manner, deport them forcibly, or make life so miserable for them (no jobs, no apartments, no education, etc.) that they voluntarily return to the desperate poverty they left behind. Don't ask me why, but they seem to have chosen the legalization option.

Partly because they hope that by passing a compassionate immigration bill with overwhelming Democratic support (39-9 on the cloture vote) against determined Repub opposition, they will cement the Hispanic vote for another generation or two.