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The fight over immigration reform was wiped off our TV screens by the fires and tear gas clouds in Ferguson Monday night.

CNN and the other networks will milk the grand jurys decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson for the killing of Michael Brown for as long as theres a single ratings point to be gained.

But by Tuesday afternoon President Obama was already back on the road plugging the alleged merits of his executive actions on immigration and explaining why they were not constitutionally bogus.

Republicans in Congress are in their home districts for the Thanksgiving recess, celebrating their recent landslides in the Senate and House and eating lots of turkey.

Presumably, their party leaders are working up a plan to retaliate against Obamas power grab, which bypassed Congress and supposedly could spare as many as 5 million illegal immigrants from being deported.

I hope its not too late. But Ive got a perfect plan for the GOPs bosses to follow for the next two years do nothing to directly challenge Obamas executive action.

Republicans shouldnt threaten a lawsuit or a government shutdown over what Obama did.

And they shouldnt waste a week writing a mega-immigration reform bill half the members of their own party wont like.

They shouldnt give up on immigration reform. But for the next two years Republicans can turn the tables on the president.

For starters, the new 2015 McConnell-Boehner partnership should dig through the Senate wastebaskets for those House immigration bills Harry Reid never allowed to be considered.

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