Rubio is a serious guy and a serious contender for 2016...... and, yes indeed a tea partier, so yea I guess that makes him a loon....
I think the gop has made some significant compromises, so to have the dems- BUT they will be required to take more forward or that is positive action to fulfill their part of the bargain, and of course I am skeptical, trust but versify, for now I will support it.
BUT-I just wanted to get this in before Obamas speech on this- he, Durbin, and a few select others poisoned the last bill that had a decent chance of passing.
Obama today in his speech will tell us where he stands;
a) will he fell impugned by the Gang of 8 Senators and blow it up? ( like he did during the last debt ceiling debate wherein the senate had a deal and when he heard that he went back and violated a nodding agreement with Boehner and asked for more money where in Boehner walked?)
b) will he blow it up becasue the dems NEED this as an issue, as they did in 2012, 2008 etc. If this issue is solved and off the table, what lever will they use to keep Hispanics pissed off at the gop then?
c) will he do the rope a dope, that is, say just enough, add enough doubt to keep it in play so they don't vote it until after the mid terms in 2014?
d) will he ( the dems altogether) appear to go along, then as a group spring the trap ( in time for it to play for 2014)- and add a poison pill at the last minute, something like; oh, Family Reunification i.e. grandfathers, grandmothers or brothers sisters etc, still in Mexico get special treatment so they can join their relatives here? You kn ow you republicans are the party of the family, how could you possibly say not to that?
In the end, this bill as it is laid out on the comprehensive points, I give maybe 40-60 chance, yup, I am cynical as hell..
