Originally Posted by sperbonzo

that was a big reason why they lost the house and senate in 2006, was because republicans were supporting amnesty. There was a HUGE protest in the republican base, against the amnesty bill, (faxes, and phone calls like crazy), and then the republicans just didn't turn up, come November.

I guess that they figured out, (after losing all of those seats in 2006), that this was a bad idea....

Not really a big conspiracy, they just figured out what pissed their base off so much, that's all.