NBC: GOP Can’t ‘Control’ Conservatives; They Risk ‘Alienating Latinos’

NBC: GOP Can't 'Control' Conservatives on Immigration, 'Risk' of 'Alienating Latinos' (NewsBusters)

In the wake of President Obama's announcement Thursday night that he would go around Congress to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, Friday's NBC Today warned of  Republican overreaction to the presidential power grab. Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd proclaimed: "Republican leaders are nervous that they won't be able to control their conservative members who would like to lash out and have a fight now with the President."

During a news brief at the top of the 8 a.m. ET hour, correspondent Peter Alexander declared: "In many ways, politically, the ball is now in the Republican's court with a heated debate raging within that party about its best response. But it comes with a risk...potentially alienating Latinos in this country."