I don't know how much this issue has been recently discussed on dailyKOS....
It seems likely that todays passage of the senate Judiciary Committee's proposals on immigration was the first move in the Rove 2006 congressional chess game:
(1) Get a few of the moderate GOPers to vote WITH Bush and ALL the dems, for amnesty and the guest worker program.
(2)Use the vote to strategically separate out the "conservative" GOPers from the moderates, and more importantly, the Bush Titanic.
(3) then focus on riling up the GOP grassroots to vote "real" conservative GOPers to congress. Ones who will make sure the mexicanos are kept out at all costs.