Obama Suckered Republicans Into an Immigration Trap—And They Charged Right In

*I’ve often said that Obama plays politics like a chess board. The comparison to Bin Laden is harsh, but I get the point. VL

By Kevin Drum, Mother Jones

In the same way that, say, Osama bin Laden wanted two things on 9/11—to attack the US and to provoke an insane counterreaction—President Obama wanted to accomplish two things with his immigration actions. Obviously he thought it was the right thing to do. Beyond that, though, he wanted to gain Latino support for Democrats and provoke an insane counterreaction from Republicans. He succeeded brilliantly on both counts.

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