A paraphrase of one of my favorite tag lines... Never ascribe to evil intent that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Who said that, originally?
Anyway, the reason that I am thinking this way is that mere stupidity is not adequate to explain the action. The White House had to know that this thing would go down in flames. They could not possibly be that out of touch.
He knew that the Democrats didn't control a majority of the votes if the Senators had any opportunity to discuss it.
What surprised him in the end is that he couldn't even find a majority on a cloture vote ~ Harry Reid looked positively surprised at that outcome!
The Dems are weak so it's time to strike.
Who said that, originally?
Sure they can be that out of touch. Think Harriet Myers. And then when there was a hue and cry we were all sexist. Of course it might be that there's a group they're not out of touch with on this issue...
I've been trying to figure an angle as to why and I've come up with some stuff but the best one is from someone else that offered it here and I think it's far better than anything I've seen.
Paraphrasing a lot of local/state laws are starting to pop up in regards to illegal aliens and there just might be some big company CEOs that are starting to sweat. By granting amnesty to illegals the companies and CEOs effectively get amnesty, too. From that standpoint it's a nifty "solution".
My personal theory was that we're right on the bubble of population replacement. Europe solved it by importing mooselimbs. Japan didn't do anything and is probably going through the first population related depression of modern times.
But if it was the latter you'd think they'd make the case and I haven't heard a word about it so I tend to go with the former.