HORSESHIT: Boehner: Immigration reform stalls because GOP has ‘widespread doubt’ about Obama
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no boehner, it's because the gop hates the black man in the white house.....
A week after signaling that House Republicans would pursue an overhaul of immigration laws, Speaker John A. Boehner declared Thursday that his caucus is unlikely to move forward until President Obama gains their trust.
“There’s widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws,” Boehner (R-Ohio) said during a midday news conference at the Capitol. “And it’s going to be difficult to move any immigration legislation until that changes.
Boehner was making his first extended public remarks since releasing a list of GOP “standards” for immigration policy at a conference retreat last week. His attempt to place the burden on Obama illustrated the mounting opposition from hard-line conservatives and laid the groundwork for blaming the White House if a deal fails.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said this week that an immigration deal remains a long shot in a sharply divided Congress. Rep. Raúl R. Labrador (R-Idaho) suggested that Boehner could lose his speakership if he pursues a bill in a midterm election year.
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Bad for the country; bad for undocumented immigrants; bad for people on unemployment; bad for people making the minimum wage; bad for women; bad for minorities; etc. There is a long, long list of people this is bad for. The ONLY good thing about this is that the more the tea party rules the GOP the worse their long term electoral prospects become. One day we may look back and thank the tea party for being such unmitigated jerks - assuming we survive that long. 
