Don't believe your own hype. Senators voted based on the desires of THEIR constituents. And to a man, almost every sitting Senator still has a strong public approval number. And that includes idiots like John McCain. Same goes for all Congressmen. I'm sure Kay Granger gets lots of phone calls against Amnesty. Do you think Nancy Pelosi does?
The rants from the anti-Bush crowd on this site remind me of the rants from the pro-Nadar crowd in 2004. They were sure Ralph Nadar had a real crack at making a huge impact in 2004. Maybe even WIN! Of course, they VASTLY overestimated the significance of their outrage on the national scene.
Of the 1/3 (33) Senators up for re-election that are Republican, yes, I'd say they voted their constituents moods. In many cases these were from Southern states and were a majority of NO votes on the immigration bill. The other Republican Senators are RINOs from blue or blue-leaning states and voted yes. And, of course, the Democrat Senators (except Byrd whose state constituents wanted NO) mostly voted to enroll new VOTERS.
I'm not an anti-Bush ranter that is harping on immigration because I hate him. I've supported him on everything BUT this. He's wrong on it and I've told my Congressman not to give an inch in conference on the bill.
You can choose to opine the pitfalls of standing firm on immigration, you've got a slim chance your prognosis would be right. My prognosis, if these illegals get what they want is a far more dire situation for this country for a very, very long time. In that future, the entitlements load on this country is so great, all personal income wealth has been confiscated, taxed or redistributed 'equitably.'