Both shoes have now fallen. Shoe One: the President set in motion his plan to grant temporary immunity to about 5 million undocumented people, many of them Latinos. None of them will get to vote, but they have friends, relatives and well wishers who support diversity. If the Democrats and Independents want to keep these five million people around, they will have to show up at the polls in 2016. The next President will decide the matter. Shoe Two: Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic candidate, may be an empty suit, but she has endorsed Obama's plan 100%. The Republican candidate will pledge to reverse it. The side that turns out with enthusiasm will win.
The Democrats who ran away from Obama (elected President twice) also ran against his base in 2014. Some of that base just stayed home this year. The Democrats lost and then blamed Obama. Running with the Obama base might be worth a try two years from now.
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