[nathanbedford]

Boehner and McConnell, who collectively have sold out to Wall Street's open borders amnesty money face a real problem. The recent election proves beyond question that the rank and file of the Republican Party will not tolerate a cravenly capitulation to Obama on this issue. Their problem is they must count the dollars coming in from fat cat donors against the votes going out from their disaffected base.

It is probable that Obama will continually raise the bar until the Republicans are forced into ignominious surrender or government shutdown or even impeachment. I think Obama probably wants to get amnesty put through so that he can break down American sovereignty as he ensures leftist administrations for a generation but I also believe he is deliberately courting shutdowns and impeachment.

If this is the case, we look at how Boehner and McConnell are handling the prospect. Surprise! They are handling it exactly the wrong way. They minimize the danger of amnesty and they maximize the danger of government shutdown. They take their remedies like the power of the purse and the power of impeachment off the table and in effect tell the American people that these constitutionally provided remedies are somehow inappropriate if not illegitimate.

They should be shaping the battlefield now. They should be educating the American people about why open borders cost them their jobs, their kids educations, their hospital treatment, their physical safety on the streets, their futures. The people should be educated about the constitutional system and why the power of the purse is in Congress. Historical parallels with Mussolini, Hitler, and other despots who ruled free of constraints should be made clear to the people. The power of the purse should be equated with patriotism. The danger of the Gruber/Obama administration must be made plain and related to the lives of people.

One can go on and on, the point is that neither McConnell nor Boehner have uttered a breath in this direction and it is unlikely that they will do so. They have to be forced by the likes of Ted Cruz. It is bad enough that conservatives have the media against us, is it necessary for our leadership to speak out against us?

[Popman]

They should be shaping the battlefield now. They should be educating the American people about why open borders cost them their jobs, their kids educations, their hospital treatment, their physical safety on the streets, their futures. The people should be educated about the constitutional system and why the power of the purse is in Congress.

The reason crying man and the turtle don't is because deep in their hearts think we are as stupid as the democrats like Gruber say we are...

[ZULU]

Totally correct.
Dempire the comments here, Obama, or his handlers, are dangEros opponents even when wounded, and I fear McConnell and Boehner are not up to the game.
And mas you noted, groups like the US Chamber of Commerce, are lurking in the background with their campaign contributions.

[Iscool]

I suspect Obama will lose and win at the same time...(Most of) The Republicans want amnesty as badly as Obama does...Their trick will be to show us how hard they worked to defeat Obama while giving him everything he wants...

[rockinqsranch]

“They should be shaping the battlefield now. They should be educating the American people about why open borders cost them their jobs, their kids educations, their hospital treatment, their physical safety on the streets, their futures. The people should be educated about the constitutional system and why the power of the purse is in Congress.”

True, but sad. It should be the other way around. The people should be educated enough, and politically involved enough to be telling Congress what to do. “A republic IF we can keep it.”

[Night Hides Not]

Great post as usual, nb. The real leadership in the Senate will come from three men: Cruz, Lee, and Sessions. Newcomers will hopefully join up with them and keep McConnell in check.

O/T, I noticed that it's warmer in Traben-Trarbach, my home for four years during my tour in Germany. I thought I was done with cold weather when I came back to Texas, instead we've been having really chilly falls and winters the last several years.

[Alas Babylon!]

Good post except one small correction:

They have to be forced by the likes of Ted Cruz Jeff Sessions.

Let's give Jeff some respect along with Ted's!

BTW, Senator Sessions is becoming a real leader on this issue. He has momentum with a lot of fellow Senators and Representatives, and they're not going to back down. McConnell and Boehner will bend to their collective will if they wish to remain "leaders".

[arthurus]

he ensures leftist administrations for a generation

I fear it will be a lot more than a getneration. If he gets that done, the Left does not need to look over its shoulder at the Constitution ever again. The worst (because most immediate) scenario is the successful conferral of Amnesty and green cards on 11+ million wetbacks. If that goes down then he knows that there is no longer any effective resistance to anything he does and the next step is fiat Citizenship to ALL the foreigners in the country. Then the Sultan has an overwhelming majority and can do no wrong. The importation of Moslems will then go into high gear. It only takes another 10 million of them to set this country on an irreversible course toward the Umma. Arabs, especially, in a system with modern Western medicine, will outbreed everyone else by 7 or 8 to one and bring relatives over in a chain the likes of which the Guats could only envy..

[contrarian]

Amen and Amen.. I copied your reply to McConnells facebook page and my personal facebook page. Those two old men need to be put out to pasture and let real American Patriots try to straighten the mess that communist/marxist A-hole has made

[AFret.]

Perhaps I am in a minority here, but Cruz can shout and point to his hearts content. However, at the end of the day, if he wants to be President, he will capitulate just like all the other “conservatives”. It will be political suicide to rise up against the hispanic vote..and he knows this...so does Obama.

[SharpRightTurn]

“They should be shaping the battlefield now. They should be educating the American people about why open borders cost them their jobs, their kids educations, their hospital treatment, their physical safety on the streets, their futures. The people should be educated about the constitutional system and why the power of the purse is in Congress. Historical parallels with Mussolini, Hitler, and other despots who ruled free of constraints should be made clear to the people. The power of the purse should be equated with patriotism. The danger of the Gruber/Obama administration must be made plain and related to the lives of people.”

Well said and on-point.