#2: Securing the borders is the lesser half of solving the illegal immigration problem. The greater half is making crime (illegal immigration and hiring illegal aliens) not pay. Do that, and they'll deport themselves.
#3 I'd rather subvert the eco-freak issue. Nukes emit no greenhouse gases.
#5 OK but ... there are bad guys in the world, and they mean to harm us. Ignoring them won't make them go away.
All points taken. I never delved too deeply into any particular suggestion. I do believe in law and order as you bring out about point two. I’m for the government prosecuting these folks to the full extent of the law.
My concern is purely political. How does the right get back at least the 40 percent Bush pulled in 2004? I we are to be complete purist that’s not an issue with me-—we must simply be ready to go into every election cycle discounting the Hispanic block.
2010 will be our first opportunity to see in the GOP can regain some of that support or if there’s a permanent rift.