...Republicans quickly condemned the reports of a new administration plan, calling it “dead on arrival” and “very counterproductive”...No one is more aware than Obama that he, as president "remains a polarizing figure," as the Times' Michael Shear and Julia Preston put it. The last time Congress was huffing and puffing in the early stages of a Grand Bargain, almost exactly two years ago (2/15/11), over deficit reduction, Obama explained why he had not unveiled a detailed plan:
On Sunday, Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, another Republican calling for immigration changes, said on “This Week” that the president’s efforts to develop his own legislation would undermine efforts on Capitol Hill and were taking “things in the wrong direction.”
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Monday, February 18, 2013
The paradox of power, immigration reform edition
It's pretty amusing that Republicans are lambasting Obama for daring to stick his oar into the immigration reform process:
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