No Immigration Bill in 2007? (Hallelujah)

Its possible that the Immigration Bill is dead, at least for this year.

The bill failed a crucial cloture vote today. Democrat majority leader Reid moved on to other business and many analysts think the bill is finished.

Thankfully, a majority of Republicans came to their senses in time to save the country from a true disaster. Clearly, lawmakers had to have taken note of the fact that the grass roots did not support this plan. Recent polls showed less than 25% support for the bill when those polled knew all of the facts. Perhaps even Lindsay Graham had to rethink his position after having been booed at events during the Memorial Day recess.

This shows why the bill's supporters, like John McCain, wanted a quick vote without a chance for amendments, during the week before the recess. They feared, quite accurately, it appears, that the American people would loudly express their displeasure with the plan, once they got to see what was in it. It appears (at least for now) that many GOP Senators got the message.