horse of george

Hey, maybe indeed I have misunderstood the whole immigration reform debate [and by that we mean border security and what to do with illegals - yes immigration reform is a much bigger deal than those two things but I'm guessing there's probably pretty broad support over the other stuff that needs fixing - border security and status for illegals are the main sticking points here] - but listening to Paul Ryan talk on CBS this morning he made it sound like the GOP maybe in fact does after all have a coherent game plan they're working here because he referred several times to the gang of eight bill as merely the starting point for how the bill will look once the house is finished re-writing it - so maybe the GOP is pursuing a sensible, politically cunning strategy here - we'll see. My thinking here would be that they've got the democrats to sign off on the idea of border security being key to getting a deal done - maybe that's the leverage they were looking for.