Clo:
Congress may indeed be cornered into voting for an immigration reform bill.
I'm not too worried about any prolonged or damaging funding freeze. Both sides have staked out goofy positions - I will not negotiate with Congress versus Cancel Obamacare and ravage the food stamp program or we'll take our ball and go home. The situation is ripe for compromise after the predictable political posturing to their bases is done.
Re: the Black Caucus.
After five years of no lasting progress being made, it's time for Obama to start talking turkey with Blacks in America instead of pandering to them as they fall further behind, and may become devastated should harsher fiscal policies follow this flood of easy money and wealth distribition to the top.