Welcome to the real world.

You can't be THAT naive can you? The reason that these things are done with larger bills is that the smaller pieces such as E-verify or the fence (both of with are good ideas) would almost never pass on their own. One side or the other would kill it. But...if they are offered something in return, they would consider passing it. I'm not defending the bill itself. But at least try to understand the realities involved in getting bills passed.

So....you are in favor of some sort of gun control in the extreme cases then?

So.....you can't possibly think we can just round up and deport 11+ million illegal immigrants. Its just not feasible. They aren't going to "self deport" without a reason. With ot without amnesty, why not make it part of the process to ensure that US employers are employing US citizens or those with valid visas? Do you want US employers providing jobs to illegal immigrants?

Think about how that sounds. "A RINO is a Democrat." Why? If they truly were, then they would run as such. It would certainly be easier to win. So that is not the case. Furthermore, so called "true conservatives" are a minority. You aren't going to win (get a majority of votes) with only a minority. If these "RINOs" have decided or believe the Democrat Party is too libreral, the answer is not to turn them away, but to work with them.

Rubio was born in Miami, FL. He's a natural born citizen.

Rubio was born in Miami, FL. He's a natural born citizen.

Rubio was born in Miami, which is part of the USA. He's a natural born citizen and could be President.

Does freedom have any value to you if you are dead? I'm thinking the answer is no. It is worth dying to defend, but that is not what was the case here. I My question, if you don't like how things were handled in Boston, is how would you have gone about capturing the suspect - which we all must agree was potentially very dangerous. I'm not saying there wasn't some overreach with what happened in Boston, but then tell us the better way.

No one is saying to give up on doing the right thing. However, we must temper our plans with some pragmatism. If we can use a failed reform bill to "beat them over the heads" then they can also use it against us. Perhaps it would hurt us less than them, but can you be certain?