[richrussell]

Well, to be fair, none of the specific proposals have been passed yet or even unveiled.

This is clearly not a blanket amnesty (something which Ronald Reagan signed, FWIW)- but rather something... else.

The problem is this folks: we need to win this election. At all costs. Frankly, I think that the records and such might be useful later.

[MineralMan]

"The problem is this folks: we need to win this election. At all costs. "

Lots of people feel the same. However, I'm still looking for the difference between the two major parties. This doesn't help me see the difference.

[chiller]

Dittos to all of your points:

Well, to be fair, none of the specific proposals have been passed yet or even unveiled.
This is clearly not a blanket amnesty (something which Ronald Reagan signed, FWIW)-but something else.
The problem is this folks: we need to win this election. At all costs. Frankly, I think that the records and such might be useful later.

Also, I'm seeing the phrase "without penalty" ...I'm hearing otherwise. There is a penalty for those who want to fess up and play ball.

This problem is one of the toughtest I've seen. I'm told W's proposal will mirror proposals put together by AZ. Reps Flake and Kolbe, with McCain's support. Flake I trust with the issue. We'll see.

[Lead Moderator]

I temporarily restored your comments on this thread so that those who were curious could see them. This was a returning banned user. His posts were nuked, and will end up being removed again in a while. But since some think we are being uneven handed, I thought it would be instructive to leave them up for a while.