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Comprehensive reform key to hegemony
Gittelson, 2009
(Robert, has developed practical, first-hand experience in dealing with the immigration issues that are challenging our country today,
THE CENTRISTS AGAINST THE IDEOLOGUES: WHAT ARE THE FALSEHOODS THAT DIVIDE AMERICANS ON THE ISSUE
OF COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM, 23 ND J. L. Ethics & Pub Pol'y 115)
However, the above
communism and/or socialism.
Will pass – Republican opposition is only rhetoric
Sarlin, TPM Reporter, 2-18, 2013,
(Benjy, "How Rubio’s Immigration Blowup Could Help Pass A Bill", Talking Points Memo, PAS)
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/02/rubio-immigration-strategy.php 2-18-13
Things got pretty
on the right.
Obama pol cap key to get Democrats and Republicans on board
Epstein 2/7 (Jennifer Epstein "Obama urges House Dems to stay with him on agenda" 2/7/13
www.politico.com/politico44/2013/02/obama-urges-house-dems-to-stay-with-him-on-agenda-156394.html?hp=l6 date accessed: 2/7/13)
TM
President Obama
before taking questions.
Pockets of opposition in the status quo are politics as usual – good sign towards passage
Sarlin, TPM Reporter, 2-22, 2013,
(Benjy, "Rubio’s White House Attack Already Working Wonders For Immigration Reform", Talking Points Memo, PAS)
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/02/rubios-white-house-attack-already-working-wonders-for-immigration-reform.php 2-23-13
Sen. Marco Rubio
a shot at working.
Will pass now – votes now
Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, 2-20, 2013,
("Support and Opposition to CIR with a Path to Citizenship in the Senate", PAS) ccis.ucsd.edu/2013/02/cir-in-the-senate/ 2-21-13
Will comprehensive
leaving us with 67 votes
No offshore wind now- decreases energy independence
Conathan 1/31 Filling the Sails of Offshore Wind Energy, Michael Conathan, January 31, 2013, Director of Ocean Policy at the
Center for American Progress, http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/news/2013/01/31/51280/filling-the-sails-of-offshore-windenergy/
Since 1896
forge a new energy future.
Funding is for R&D and not production
Funk 2/15 Lake Erie wind-turbine project in high gear for next year, John Funk, The Plain Dealer , February 15, 2013,
http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/02/lake_erie_wind_turbine_project.html
LEEDCo gets the
pressure on any structure
Immigration is top of the agenda
Shear, New York Times Staff Writer, 2-17, 2013,
(Michael D., "White House Says It Has a Backup Plan on Immigration", New York Times, PAS)
www.nytimes.com/2013/02/18/us/politics/white-house-continues-work-on-its-own-immigration-bill.html?ref=michaeldshear 2-17-13
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Mr. Obama’s
important voting bloc.
Sequester doesn’t tank the link – most fiscal hardliners are on board with immigration
Leber, ThinkProgress Reporter, 2-21, 2013,
(Rebecca, "Five Unlikely Supporters Of Comprehensive Immigration Reform", ThinkProgress, PAS)
thinkprogress.org/special/2013/02/21/1605961/five-unlikely-supporters-of-immigration-reform/ 2-21-13
Most Americans back a
map to citizenship
Obama doesn’t win on energy policy
Eisler 12 (Matthew N. Eisler, Research Fellow at the Center for Contemporary History and Policy at the Chemical Heritage
Foundation, 12 [“Science, Silver Buckshot, and ‘All of The Above’” Science Progress, April 2,
http://scienceprogress.org/2012/04/science-silver-buckshot-and-%E2%80%9Call-of-the-above%E2%80%9D/ date accessed: 2/3/13) TM
Conservatives take President
resort to cant.
Obama’s “Velcro” means plan stick to him, winners lose- healthcare proves
Nicholas & Hook 10 Peter Nicholas and Janet Hook, Staff Writers – LA Times, “Obama the Velcro president”, LA Times, 7-30-10,
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/30/nation/la-na-velcro-presidency-20100730/3 date accessed: 2/3/13) TM
If Ronald Reagan was
dinner table conversations."
PC key to overcome opposition
Dallas Morning News 1/2 “Editorial: Actions must match Obama’s immigration pledge,” 1/2/ 2013,
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20130102-editorial-actions-must-match-obamas-immigration-pledge.ece date accessed:
2/1/13) TM
The president’s words to NBC’s
something we should get done
Plan gets tied to Solyndra- kills support
Wilder 12 (JUN 13, 12 Standing Firm On Clean Energy In The Political ‘Silly Season’, Climate Guest Blogger on Jun 13, 2012 ,Clint
Wilder, via Clean Edge, http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/06/13/496547/standing-firm-on-clean-energy-in-the-political-silly-season/
Clean tech in
politics, but policy .
Wind power drains capital – requires extensive political battles
Brannen 12 7/23/2012 Brannen, a writer living on Martha’s Vineyard, is a recent Ocean Science Journalism Fellow at the Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution. Offshore wind farms will be encouraged in tracts along the East Coast,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/offshore-wind-farms-will-be-encouraged-in-tracts-along-the-eastcoast/2012/07/23/gJQAD2Pu4W_story.html]jap
The legal
battles and
archaeological sites.
Plan’s massively controversial---categorical exclusions are a political lightening rod
Till 6 Dustin is an associate at Marten Law. “CEQ Issues Proposed Guidance on NEPA Categorical Exclusions,” Oct 18,
http://www.martenlaw.com/newsletter/20061018-nepa-exclusions
The White House Council
during the Carter administration
Obama is a focal point – gets blame for agencies
Fitts 96 Michael A., Professor of Law – University of Pennsylvania Law School, “The Paradox Of Power In The Modern State: Why A
Unitary, Centralized Presidency May Not Exhibit Effective Or Legitimate Leadership”, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, January,
144 U. Pa. L. Rev. 827, Lexis
Second, once in power,
price in unrealized goals
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PC high---divided GOP.
The Republican Editorials 2-14 “Editorial: President Obama offers reform-minded agenda,”
http://www.masslive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/02/editorial_president_obama_offe.html, Accessed Date: 2-21-13 y2k
The state
set on reform.
PC high---key to agenda
Anniston Star 2-13, “President Obama's political capital,” Feb 13, 2013, http://annistonstar.com/view/full_story/21700957/articlePresident-Obama-s-political-capital-?instance=opinion_lead, Accessed Date: 2-21-13 y2k
After securing a second
will be squandered