I've been watching the Gang of 8 as they try to pass Immigration reform and realized why they are sewing the seeds of their own destruction--and it parallels what happened to the Starks in 'Game of Thrones'. Spoiler alert for any who are watching or reading the series, but at the end of the 2013 season, we see the Stark family make a disastrous decision which ends in their destruction.
Through some decisions they made, they lost their Bannermen (those who supported and fought with them) and yet, they still want to continue fighting to take the throne. They refuse to take the best and safest course of action and return home, regroup and live to fight another day--instead they choose to follow the only course of action open, but the one which involves the most risk for losing everything and is dependent on trusting a man they betrayed earlier. They want so badly to believe that he is sincere in 'burying the hatchet' that they ignore the warnings and willingly walk into a trap where they are slaughtered.
Marco Rubio is making THE SAME mistake. He is desperate to make a name for himself in immigration issues and desires to shore up his appeal with the hispanic vote and rather than be cautious and careful, he has made risky deals with those who have made it their quest to destroy his party and everything it stands for. Rubio has shown his inexperience and naivety in this action. Of course, if he's learned to play the game of Politics, this won't end as disastrously for Rubio as it did for the Starks. If it destroys his political career as a Republican, he can always switch parties. Savvy Politicians always make sure they have a life raft and jacket so they don't 'go down with the ship'--the hopes and desires of the citizens who voted for them.
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