BlueCollar believes Obama threatens amnesty, to create a diversion and dredge for any helpful inflammatory GOP rhetoric that can be used prior to November elections.

Recent polling suggests he most likely has no intention of keeping an amnesty promise, especially when we learn respondents were heavily weighted Democrat & Independent.

Democrats comprised 36%, Independents 40%, and Republicans only 24%…yet the numbers following would cause one to believe the poll was weighted Republican.

67% polled think illegal unaccompanied kids should be sent back to their country.

(Page 45 of the Economist/YouGov poll)

A majority of those polled think the illegal kids should be deported asap.

(Page 42 of the Economist/YouGov poll)

‘Immigration’ ranks 3rd in importance, behind only the economy and Social Security.

(Page 57 of the Economist/YouGov poll)

Unless Obama doesn’t care about losing the Senate this November, he would be crazy to use executive action to enact amnesty, in the face of these numbers.

There is one caveat: if Obama is making this play with an eye solely on the Hispanic vote, it should be noted that Hispanic respondents (more than any other demographic) see violence and instability in the illegal children’s home country as a significant factor.

(Pages 42, 43, 44 of the Economist/YouGov poll)

In that case, expect to see media reporting more often on violent occurrences in Central America, being carefully fed that information by White House communications staff.

But even then, if the Dem-Ind-Rep polling makeup is correct, numbers still may not add up…because the Hispanic bloc swayed may not offset the apparent overall sentiment.

Unless, of course, we’re not being given the right numbers.