… During Obama’s first term, Democrats failed to seriously pursue immigration reform for fear of alienating culturally conservative whites. But after winning this year with minimal support from those voters, and with such emphatic backing from immigrant communities, the White House and Senate leadership will likely press the issue much harder in 2013.
The dominant Republican camp still says the party should respond by opposing anything that legalizes undocumented immigrants. … But for the first time since 2007, other voices in the GOP are arguing for sweeping action. [cont.]
Ron Brownstein, National Journal