On financial and immigration reform, who are Republicans trying to kid?

Why don't the Dems just call Grahan's BS...

and go ahead with introducing the Climate Bill tomorrow, and push ahead with it. So everyone will see that the climate bill is going first, and Graham will either have to join, or come up with some other excuse not to.

And for those that demand that immigration go first, well that issue hasn't been worked on by any committee in either house of Congress. It'll take months anyway. Why delay the climate bill, that's ready to go, for that?

It seems to me that the obvious thing for Dems to do is:

1. Finish financial reform.
   
   
2. In the meantime, go ahead and introduce the climate bill.
   
   
3. In May, let committees start working on immigration.
   
   
4. After finance reform is finished (whatever the outcome), begin floor debate on the climate bill, while committees continue working on immigration.
   
   
5. After climate bill is done (whatever the outcome), Obama nominates a SCOTUS seat.
   
   
6. Judicial committee works on SCOTUS, even as ohter committees continue working on immigration bill.
   
   
7. Vote on SCOTUS (I put this ahead of voting on immigration, so that the nominee can be confirmed before the next SCOTUS session starts).
   
   
8. Introduce immigration reform bill, and begin floor debate.
   
   
9. Vote on immigration bill.

In the elections, run on all of the above, whatever the outcomes of the bills were.

We believe the only way to make progress on these priorities is to continue working as we have thus far in a bipartisan manner to build more support for both comprehensive energy independence and immigration reform legislation.

We commend Senators Kerry, Graham and Lieberman for the tremendous work they have done to date to seize this moment and build a new coalition of business and environmental leaders and their efforts to craft a bill that will garner the votes to pass the Senate.

We have an historic opportunity to finally enact measures that will break our dependence on foreign oil, help create clean energy jobs and reduce carbon pollution. We're determined to see it happen this year, and we encourage the Senators to continue their important work on behalf of the country and not walk away from the progress that's already been made.