Bush to Tag-Team with Democrats to Pass Guest-Worker Program
Now that those pesky Pro-Border Security Republicans are gone, Bush will seek help from his new Democratic friends to pass an illegal immigration friendly bill:
President Bush yesterday said he will team up with Democrats to pass an immigration bill with a guest-worker program that his own party blocked this year, and his Republican opponents predicted a bloody intraparty fight but said they cannot stop such a bill from passing.
Even Tancredo throws in the towel on this one:
“We will fight it, we will lose. It will go to the Senate, it will pass. The president will sign it. And it will happen quickly because that’s one thing they know they can pass,” said Rep. Tom Tancredo, Colorado Republican and chairman of the House Immigration Reform Caucus, who had led the opposition to a guest-worker plan. “I am absolutely horrified by this prospect, but I have to face reality.”
Vicente Fox was giddy over Tuesday’s results:
According to Reuters news agency, a spokesman for Mexican President Vicente Fox cheered Democrats’ success, saying it improves chances for getting a bill done.
Maybe the wrong Republican lost Tuesday night.
Subscribe to blog feed.