House Speaker John Boehner finally got the message the conservative base has been shouting, and has indicated that no immigration "reform" bill will pass the House in 2014. Even better, in his announcement, he made the point that the Obama administration has lost public trust on the issue. Fox News reports that he said: "There's widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws, and it's going to be difficult to move any immigration legislation until that changes," Boehner said.  Make no mistake, Boehner is not completely abandoning the project of immigration reform, he is merely postponing it, recognizing the political reality that the base would abandon the party if its mandarins insist on anything at all close to amnesty, just as the party is poised to make historical gains in the 2014 election. But the delay is probably the best we could hope for, given the party's focus on attracting Hispanic supporters, and the conviction that the...(Read Full Post)