Here’s my take...
I’m not going to agree with Perry on immigration. I respect that he defends what he thinks is right, and isn’t a finger in the wind guy like Myth. I also think those who say he is for “open borders”, etc. are being simplistic. But instate tuition is a magnet, and the point about if they are here illegally how are they going to make a living with their college education is valid. If they are citizens, then it shouldn’t be an issue in the first place.
But the fact is immigration is one issue. If I made a list of say the top 10 issues, that would be one. The other nine he is great on. So maybe he gets a 90%. Nine out of 10 is still an A, or maybe a B+. It doesn’t make him an “open borders RINO” like the hysterical Perry haters would have it.
That being said he was weak in the debate, especially when he was stumbling his way through his attack on Myth. The good news is it’s not really going to matter three months from now. But I would suggest he quit trying to use pre-written “gotcha” lines, and talk straigt, which is his strong suit. And don’t call your opponents “heartless”. But hey, this process is about making them into better candidates.
But the fact is immigration is one issue.
But it effects (bleeds over into) so many other problems and has the potential (dare I say we're on the cusp) of being the straw that broke free-market capitalism in the U.S.
If we can get the border sealed and halt the dependency state Dems encourage, it will stop many other negatives pressing on the U.S.
Follow the money.
>>But the fact is immigration is one issue.<<
As Mark Steyn points out, immigration is NOT “one issue.”
It is SEVERAL ISSUES:
Crime
Drugs
Closing hospitals
Draining resources
Filling our schools
Bringing disease/health issues
Taking our jobs
Allowing Al Qaeda and other national security threats into America
Skewing elections toward the left
ETC. ETC. ETC.
Wake up, people!!! This is not a minor thing.
It is the very existence of America as we know it.