[kabar]

IMO Perry made a big mistake on the immigration issue and compounded it by casting inuendos against those who disagreed with him. In the earlier debate, he said some people were against in-state tuition because they didn't like people with different sounding last names. Last night, if you didn't support in-state tuition for illegal aliens, you had no heart.

Perry took a page out of the Bush/Rove/McCain/Graham playbook, which used epithets as bigots, racists, and nativists against those who opposed amnesty. These criticisms just reinforce the Democrat branding of the GOP and alienate minorities who perceive that they are not welcome in the party. Moreover, being branded as a “racist” political party hurts the GOP in recruiting new members, regardless of race or ethnicity. America is not a racist country and no one wants to be associated with a racist organization.

I have no doubt that should Perry win the Rep nomination, Obama will try to brand him as Dubya reincarnate.

[mylife]

I agree that he overplayed his hand with the “you have no heart” BS