Oregon immigration vote is a warning for Obama

[DigitalDrifter]

Here in Oregon, we went in a complete opposite direction as the rest of the country. Not only didn't we throw any Dims out, in the state legislature we increased the Dim # of seats in both the state House and Senate.

But, BUT.........., there was one crowning jewel that we won by an overwhelming percentage !!

Our Dim legislature a year ago without any input from the citizens approved of drivers licenses for illegals. Our crooked Dim governor was ready to sign the bill, but thankfully many courageous Oregonians stepped forward and began a signature drive to repeal such a law. The law never went into effect, instead was shelved in lieu of a ballot measure. The measure was simple, do you want illegals to have drivers licenses, yes or no.
The "no's" won by a landslide, slapping down the Dim measure.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The fate of a little-noticed ballot measure in strongly Democratic Oregon serves as a warning to President Barack Obama and his party about the political perils of immigration policy.

Even as Oregon voters were legalizing recreational marijuana and expanding Democratic majorities in state government, they decided by a margin of 66-34 to cancel a new state law that would have provided driver's licenses to people who are in the United States illegally.

Obama is considering acting on his own, as early as this week, to possibly shield from deportation up to 5 million immigrants now living illegally in the country. Some Republicans in Congress are threatening a government shutdown if the president follows through.

"The Oregon measure tells you these measures are not easy or simple," said Muzaffar Chishti of the Migration Policy Institute. "The political cost may be significant, even in blue states."
The state law had seemed to be popular. It easily passed last year with bipartisan support in the Democratic-controlled Legislature and was signed Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber, who was re-elected Nov. 4.
Opponents barely gathered enough signatures to put the repeal question on the ballot. Immigrant rights groups outspent their opponents 10-1.

Still, the measure failed in every county but the state's most liberal one, Multnomah, home to Portland. Even there it trailed significantly behind other Democratic candidates and causes.

It was really the epitome of a grassroots effort," said Cynthia Kendoll, one of the activists who led the campaign against licenses. "There's such a disconnect between what people really want and what's happening."
Obama made his postelection pledge on immigration despite the drubbing that Democrats took across the country. He said he had to act because Congress has deadlocked on immigration for years.
A bipartisan Senate bill to provide citizenship to many of the 11 million people in the U.S. illegally died in the Republican-controlled House, and with the GOP now holding a majority in the Senate, many believe it is unlikely any broad immigration measure could make it to Obama before the end of his term.

MORE: Oregon immigration vote is a warning for Obama - Yahoo News

 

[DigitalDrifter]

So, not even my conservative friends here don't have a comment on this ?
I mean come on, finally a state said "fuck you" to illegals.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

It's Oregon, so they're all so high they reelect and increasingly elect the people they petition against.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

No responses about the drivers licenses ? Wow.