I don't consider it "advice" as much as "citizenry input", and you may be surprised at just how handy that can be from time to time. If we on the Right don't make our wishes known, we leave the playing field to be dominated by the Left's insane rantings.
"I hope we cleared all that up now..."
We're clear, my FRiend.
FReegards...MUD
My elected public servants from the WH down to the local mayor rec. my input on a regular basis. I agree that's our responsibility. Getting back to the cynicism for a moment, I believe Bush team did exactly what you suggested. However, I think there are additional dimensions to it. The carrot part for the Hispanic benefit is too obvious. The better part is how it paints the dims in a corner. They either agree with the Pres (not likely) or the more vocal extreme of the party screams that it doesn't go far enough which totally alienates the majority of the voters in this country. This, to a political novice like me, borders on genius and it is another of many political strategies that I think this group is really good at. Another reason why I’m not particularly concerned about the political ramifications of the subject of the article. Again, not to say the immigration problem does not concern me.