Quote Originally Posted by Jarvan View Post
The first Bush didn't have a Republican house, or Senate. So no luck there. The second... He had Congress for most of his term, but only the Senate for the first half. And those years he was dealing with the fallout of 9/11. Do you REALLY think he could have pushed anything tough through a Dem held Senate on immigration? I do fault Bush for not fixing the Immigration issue when he had the chance. Course, with the Clinton bad economy, and 9/11... he had a full plate.
He didn't have to. McCain had a bi-partisan plan. It exploded over the course of one weekend when right wing radio got a hold of it. They called it amnesty. Rubio also had a plan. He may have been able to get somewhere with it especially considering his GOP credentials and multi-cultural appeal. Unfortunately the right killed that too.