June 12, 2007 05:37 PM UTC

Allard's Vapid Insights Into Immigration Bill's Failure

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• by: Colorado Pols

A week after unsuccessfully trying to kill one of the key provisions in the immigration “Grand Compromise” now stalled on Capitol Hill, Colorado’s outgoing Senator Wayne Allard offered these non-statements to the Grand Junction Sentinel:

Less than a week after an immigration reform package fell apart in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., said Monday the president and the bill’s backers would have succeeded had they limited their immediate goals.

Without second-guessing the strategy for a comprehensive-reform measure that failed to weather key votes Wednesday and Thursday, Allard said Americans want to see the nation’s borders secured…

Several aspects of the measure garnered more than 60-vote majorities in the Senate, but the entire measure could not garner enough support to overcome a filibuster, suggesting that senators’ constituencies want some immigration reform but were displeased by the overall package.

If backers can overcome a few misgivings, “I think the bill will pass,” said Allard, who declined to take a stand on the measure…

Though backers like Sen. Ken Salazar are vowing to try again, most agree that comprehensive immigration reform is dead now until after the 2008 elections–except for heavy usage in campaign speeches, which as Tom Tancredo will tell you is the place it truly belongs.

Allard, always a man who knew when to take an issue with wedge potential and idly gum it into another term in office, seems happy to help.