Yesterday, November 18th, POLITICO Magazine published the commentary by Bill Scher from the Campaign for America's Future titled "Trolling* the GOP" detailing a Republican response to the news of Obama's immigration executive order. In essence, this immigration plan puts the Republicans in a very bad spot. If they oppose the law they will lose what Latino support they have, They really only have two options, let the order happen or push through their own modified immigration legislation, since they have control of Congress. The second option will not happen however because of the inner turmoil in the party over this issue. Obama has chosen the perfect time and strategy to work this issue into law, and it has definitely "trolled" the republicans. The GOP response is absolutely hilarious, some are calling this an impeachable offense, some republicans are calling for the government to shut down like it did in 2013, some say Obama is playing with fire. Obama has already gotten done much of what he has come to office to do, except revision of immigration policy. If he gets this order through, he will need support of the next president to keep it in place. By causing this much turmoil in in the GOP, he might just keep the presidency for the Democrats. This article is directed towards Republicans and is designed to portray Obama as manipulative. With that however, Bill Scher thinks that the Republicans need to work out within the party how they want to address the issue of immigration going forward. Scher almost congratulates Obama for a job well done, saying he has "reopened the [Republican] party's divisions heading into 2016" possibly making sure that his "opposing party can't get anywhere near the White House [and d]riving Republicans crazy."
I think that the immigration executive order that Obama is attempting to pass will be very beneficial for many people who have been in an awkward legal limbo. It sounds like the only way Obama would be able to get this passed is to troll the party since the Republicans are apparently in no state to negotiate anything having to do with immigration leaving congress in gridlock. I'm actually quite impressed with the planning and ingenuity it must have taken to figure out the best time to try to pass something about immigration. So I guess I agree with the commentator that Obama is trolling the Republicans, except I think it's a bit exciting!
*Troll: One who posts a deliberately provocative message...with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument - Urban Dictionary
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