To be fair, none of our opinions matter, they will do what they will do.
Any chance Rubs idea will die in Senate?
There is always a chance (although defeating an amnesty bill is like preventing a terrorist attack -- they will try again, and again...).
In 2007 it seemed almost certain that GWB would "See you at the signing." But then people called and burned of the phone lines of fools like Chambliss and Isaksson. And by chance McCain was out raising money and could not vote against a poison pill amendment.
As I posted earlier, as in the 1960s, big changes, hideous changes, are likely to be coming, and given the GOP's (and apparently the voters') lack of respect for this nation as we knew it, there might not be anything we can do about it.