The GOP's Immigration Two-Step
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus speaks at the annual RNC winter meeting January 24, 2014 in Washington, DC. Significant changes in the Republican party's nominating process and national convention schedule are being discussed at this year's meeting.
Photograph by Win McNamee/Getty ImagesOn Sunday morning, Mitt Romney appeared on Fox News Sunday to chill the non-alcoholic champagne. The GOP was going to do well; more than that, it was going to fulfill the promise of its forgotten 2013 "rebuilding" plan. Romney was confident that a new majority would pass an immigration reform bill.
"You're going to see a provision first of all to secure the border, second of all, to deal with those who have come here illegally and, third, to make sure our immigration policies are open and transparent to many people who do want to come here illegally," Romney said. "That's going to happen. You're going to [see] a bill actually reach the desk of the president, if we finally have someone besides Harry Reid sitting in the Senate."