No, I’m not endorsing Hillary, but Mickey Kaus sort of is, precisely because he views her as least likely to be inclined and able to pass an amnesty:

1) Hillary Clinton would probably be the best president for anti-comprehensivists. She’s cautious. She’s been burned by GOP opposition before (to her 1994 health plan). Is she really going attempt both health care reform and immigration reform in her first two years? Remember, Rahm Emmanuel’s swing-state Democratic congressmen typically ran tough-on-illegals campaigns. They’re squeamish about voting for “amnesty.” If Hillary is president (meaning John McCain isn’t president) the Republicans are likely to unite against a Democratic legalization plan. Meanwhile, Hillary’s political adviser James Carville is on record suggesting that legalization, like welfare, is a potential election-loser. Hillary suppporter Paul Krugman seems one of those remaining economists who actually believe in supply and demand–i.e., that an increase in the supply of immigrant labor can drive down unskilled wages. And Hillary herself has made anti-illegals noises in the past, including reversing her endorsement of Gov. Spitzer’s drivers license plan.