I think he's trying to tell a restive populist base in his party that he gets it, ... It's a way to say, 'We understand that we need to get better control of our borders.'

Their painstaking progress on winning Latino voters is in jeopardy because the face of the (Republican) party on this issue is Tom Tancredo. They are caught between their base and their desire to do something reasonable.

I'm a little worried that the political momentum that we witnessed this week may dissipate somewhat.

It's a big day for us. We may not have a lot of big days, but this is a big day.

The Sensenbrenner bill has proven to be one of the great mobilizing forces for the pro (immigration) reform alliance in this country.

We all know that this issue is so volatile that anything can happen.