"Which takes up back full circle to the (fill in the blank) outraged voters."
Who are groupable into three identifiable sets of people in the Republican base:
(1) Tax-hawks.
(2) Pro-lifers.
(3) BorderBots.
All three have to be given their core issues, because the GOP can't win without any of them. Politics is the art of the possible, not the art of childrearing. We don't get to "teach our base" a lesson. We do what they want us to do, if they are numerous and strong enough. And if we refuse to, we lose.
Wrong, and you want to know why? Because the President has already set the national agenda on border and immigration reform and all it takes is a quick scan through the numerous immigration threads on FR at this very instance and you will see it's not enough for this core of single issue voters.
The process has only just started and they are still throwing their tantrums and demanding more, more, more. No, the nation and conservatives DO NOT need to appease them...they cannot be appeased.