No Way To Lose On This One

From Greg Sargent:

The Hill notes that the fate of Obama’s executive actions on deportations will be argued over today in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the government is probably going to lose.

This is a major setback. But this is probably going to the Supreme Court — where arguments could take place next year, meaning Republicans will again renew their opposition to deportation relief right when the presidential race heats up.

As Sargent implies in that last sentence, this whole debate centers not on whether the Democrats lose on this issue, but on how they play the game.  The entire point of this exercise is to draw out the GOP in order to demonstrate Republican hatred for Hispanics.  Looks like this strategy is working quite well.