{"id":2487,"date":"2014-11-24T13:57:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T18:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=2487"},"modified":"2014-11-24T14:01:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T19:01:06","slug":"dionne-with-immigration-action-obama-calls-his-opponents-bluff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/dionne-with-immigration-action-obama-calls-his-opponents-bluff\/","title":{"rendered":"Dionne: With Immigration Action, Obama Calls his Opponents\u2019 Bluff"},"content":{"rendered":"

EJ Dionne, yesterday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That only a few [Republicans are interested in passing\u00a0a comprehensive bill] is an obvious sign to the president’s supporters that Obama is right in suspecting that the House GOP would continue to bob and weave to avoid the issue \u2014 as it did for the one year, four months and 24 days between the passage of the genuinely bipartisan immigration reform bill in the Senate and Obama\u2019s announcement.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The GOP has energetically built up a false narrative “…charging that Obama is a dangerous radical even when he pursues middle-of-the-road policies.” They’ve spend the last six years\u00a0piling lie upon lie, stirring the pot of hyperbolic and false allegations and now – surprise! – a GOP senator (Tom Coburn, R-OK) can say something like this:<\/p>\n

“This idea, the rule of law, is really concerning a lot of people where I come from. And whether it\u2019s factual or perceptual, it really doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Facts do matter, and those in\u00a0the GOP who think of themselves as voices of reason and moderation are going to need to step up one of these days and begin to rein in their more irresponsible\u00a0foot-soldiers.<\/p>\n

Or is it too late already for the GOP as a whole to behave responsibly? \u00a0You know what I think.<\/p>\n

Here’s EJ’s piece:<\/p>\n

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With immigration action, Obama calls his opponents\u2019 bluff<\/a><\/h2>\n