(02-12-2018, 10:52 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(02-11-2018, 05:23 PM)MalabarJag Wrote: Since this is all about the second sentence (the first and third being opinions) let me help you.

The Dems had a filibuster-proof Senate along with the House majority and Presidency from Obama's inauguration in 2009 until the murderer died in late  August. So yes, the Dems could have addressed it during that time without the need to appease a single Pub. They squandered their Senate control to push through the ACA (Brown ran and won solely on opposition to the ACA).

Clearly Trump had the wrong years listed if he was talking about 100% Dem control, although the Dems could have gotten a few Pubs (McCain and Graham for sure, and probably Bush in 2008) to sign on had they included a few token border enforcement measures back then, far fewer and less strict measures than Trump is currently demanding. So it's reasonable to have expected some action by the Dems to overcome the weak Pub opposition when they had "only 59" Senators.

I keep telling myself I'm going to walk away from this damn political message board, but it keeps sucking me back in!  

I don't understand what you're saying.  DACA didn't exist until 2012.   You seem to be talking about how the Dems could have done something about DACA before it existed.