Last week, depending upon your view, it seemed as if ordinary Americans had delivered the Senate a proverbial swift kick in the ass, via phone calls, letters, and emails and the amnesty bill seemed derailed. Unfortunately, we were aiming a little low, and to stop the amnesty bill, it is going to require repeated blows around the heads of our recalcitrant elites to get the message across that the average American opposes amnesty in any shape or form.

First, in today's news, George Bush has abandoned what is good for the country and instead is trying to make "immigration reform" his legacy.

President Bush, in an emotional appeal, today urged Republican senators to enact a comprehensive immigration reform bill that he supports.

Talking to reporters after meeting with GOP senators at the senators' weekly policy lunch, Bush said he understands that "this is a highly emotional issue," but he told them that "now is the time to get it done," that "the status quo is unacceptable."

In the days since the immigration overhaul ran aground in the Senate, the bill's proponents, including the president, have insisted that the measure is not dead. At the end of an eight-day trip to Europe, Bush urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to take up the bill again as soon as possible.

"We made two steps forward on immigration; we took a step back," Bush said before leaving Sofia, Bulgaria, on Monday.

Reid scowled when talking about the impasse today, complaining that "for three days I was told by the GOP leadership that they would have a list of amendments to vote on. That never happened." But the real dilemma, he said, is that "Republicans do not support their own president's bill."

Saying that 80% of Democrats support the bill and 86% of Republicans oppose it, Reid said he had no intention of taking up the bill until the GOP leadership has "25 votes or so" for the legislation. "I'm not dancing that tune again," he said.

Those opposed to amnesty defeated this bill once, but if our out-of-touch elites keep ignoring the will of the people, and if they are determined enough, they will wear us down and wait us out.