The only chance Rove saw for a major domestic legislation like that “guest worker program” (amnesty) was letting the demos pass it and share the credit. The dems love big legislation, but there is one thing they love more – hearings.

Whatever they end up doing or not doing can only benefit the GOP in 08. The shoe is in the other foot. If they pass the GWP and it goes wry (meaning a flood of humanity coming across believing the act to mean amnesty) the dems wont be able to run away from it. In the other hand if they don’t pass anything the GOP will say see I told you so. The only thing dems are good at is the politics of personal destruction.