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Originally Posted by Adder
Right. Although a minority in the House can't block anything unless the Speaker lets them. Thus far, Paul Ryan has. I'm sure Denny Hastert is proud.
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Ryan seems to want to keep his job. Perversely, he accomplishes this in part by signaling that he doesn't want his job. Democrats might take a tip from this, in that the more they signal that DACA is a huge priority, the higher the price they say they're willing to pay to fix it, in terms on concessions on other immigration-related policy issues.
No doubt the base thinks the Dreamers are a huge priority (as do I). Is there a reason to think it's a winner with more marginal voters?
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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Winning is (i) doing our best to delay the day when ICE starts showing up at dreamers homes (more than they already are) deporting people; (ii) blocking their legislation; and (iii) winning the house back so we can do something good.
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What if before you get to (iii), you have to choose between (i) and (ii)? Because it seems like that is where we are.
