As it should be -- this is a VERY SERIOUS ISSUE and GWB needs to get on this issue SERIOUSLY and not ignore it for the sake of political expediency...division in the ranks of the RNC is just what the libs are waiting for...
IMHO, this is the issue that broke Tom Ridge's back -- and he resigned. It is totally counter to any sane security policy, to say nothing of all the other wrongs it creates -- the sanctioned breaking of laws, neutralizing the significance of citizenship, our borders, our demographics, all of it...the list goes on.
C'mon GWB -- now is your chance to DO THIS RIGHT!!!!
I agree with that. I think the President was tying Ridge's hands, and he quit rather than have a poor job performance on his record. The President seems willing to sacrifice a hell of a lot for the sake of Mexico and illegal immigration. That's not what I voted for.
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"IMHO, this is the issue that broke Tom Ridge's back -- and he resigned."
I dunno 'bout you, but I'm darned glad we finally got rid of RIDGE, who I have long regarded as a blatantly incompetent PC-loving political hack.
If Ridge ever cared a whit about our porous borders, he never managed to communicate that concern to me.
Did I miss something over the past 4 years there?
And I dunno what is tearing your Party apart, but here in Maine the issue of prenatal infanticide has pretty well polarized the GOP up this way. From what I can discern (and I was pretty involved in Republican politics in this ME county (until I kinda got shown the back door of the big tent, that is...) and am left with the distinct impression that there are at least two "Republican" Parties here in Maine. And neither of our Senators represent one of them.
And you are incorrect. Tom Ridge left primarily because he will be exploring the possibility of running for president in '08. The way politics works these days, anyone who's serious about running for president needs to begin laying the groundwork almost immediately after the most recent election is over. It's an enormous undertaking.
There's a fairly long list of Republicans who are at least taking a look at the possibility. '08 will be the most wide-open field in both parties in the last 56 years, because no incumbent president or vice president will be running.