Republicans both inside and outside the White House say Mr. Bush, who has long insisted on comprehensive reform, is now open to a so-called enforcement-first approach that would put new border security programs in place before creating a guest worker program or path to citizenship for people living in the United States illegally...
...But one Republican close to the White House, granted anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, predicted that Mr. Bush would ultimately abandon the idea of a path to citizenship.
Giving up, though, would doom the legislation in the Senate. Mr. Pence met last week with leading Republican senators, including Mr. Specter, John McCain of Arizona and Mel Martinez of Florida.
Bush is ultimately going to choose the "base" on this one - which means essentially beating any non-white over their "virtual" head. The "so-called" genius Karl Rove has completely botched this one. Hispanics are going to vote this year, their base has been energized by idiots like James Sensenbrenner -- and they are not voting Republican.
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