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Dunno. But Barack Obama's announcement in 2007 was a bit further removed from November 2008 than we are now removed from November 2014.

With only 3% of the public viewing the immigration as important, one wonders why Boehner would bring up such an incendiary issue prior to the midterms. The public is not demanding an immediate solution--only the GOP's corporate paymasters are and therein lies the problem.

You sound as though you are congenial to the Rule or Ruin mindset...

I favor the Rule of Law and adherence to the Constitution and I am prepared to ruin those who are subverting it regardless if they have a "D" or "R" after their name.

President Obama has told Senate Democrats he expects Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to pass immigration reform this year, defying predictions the issue is dead for 2014.

Obama wasn't given much of a chance even closer to the election. The point is that the pundits don't always get things right. A consensus doesn't always reach the right conclusion, e.g., man-made global warming. And unforeseen developments can change things in a hurry, witness the impact of the disastrous Obamacare roll-out on the generic ballot. A GOP supported amnesty will have a major electoral impact. And it could be the final straw that leads to a third party for conservatives. Boehner is playing with fire.
With only 3% of the public viewing the immigration as important, one wonders why Boehner would bring up such an incendiary issue prior to the midterms. The public is not demanding an immediate solution--only the GOP's corporate paymasters are and therein lies the problem. ...

I favor the Rule of Law and adherence to the Constitution and I am prepared to ruin those who are subverting it regardless if they have a "D" or "R" after their name.

It appears that your wet dream is that the American people will (a) abandon the Republican Party en masse; and (b) establish a new (more conservative) party to replace it; and that you are quite willing--even eager--to participate in the destruction of the GOP, in the (quite fatuous) hope of seeing it replaced with something more to your liking.

As for myself, I am in favor of the so-called "Buckley Rule," as established by the late William F. Buckley Jr.: One would do well to vote for the rightmost candidate who has a serious chance of winning.

I would prefer not to waste my time (or my vote) tilting at windmills...