so you are actually telling us that if amnesty had passed - the Rs would have WON the past election?
no way.
Bush should have never brought this issue up, he drove a wedge through his own party by advocating it - forcing his own party to scramble to try and find a way to stop it.
unfortunately, the part of the conservative base that stayed home - did understand that the republican House was the only thing stopping this.
so now, they will get it.
did understand = didn't understand.
No, what I am saying is that I think this was not the most important issue on people's minds, and that an obsessive few in the GOP made it look like it was the overriding issue and distracted the voters. I think many were turned off by the shrill "build a giant wall and turn hoses on the Mexicans" screaming that was coming from some quarters. I know I certainly was.