There's always twenty or thirty Republicans or twenty or thirty Democrats that sort of move away from the party line, so you've got to make sure that they are all happy. It's gonna be real tough, it's gonna be real tough.

We are crossing party lines here. Lovelace appeals to both Republicans and Democrats.

I want to see Republicans and sometimes Democrats stop using the immigrant community as a punching bag. It's a just a mean-spirited bill that does nothing to further the public's understanding, or legitimate discussion of these concerns.

Of course, the republicans are going to vote with their party line, but the democrats couldn't find a good reason not to vote for him. After the hearings, what good reason would a person have to vote against the guy?

a lot of these Republicans have never been in the minority and a lot of them have come up through the House and not started as senators, so they don't give it quite the same respect that has been there in the past.

The paradox is that the Republicans could reform their party before the Democrats do.