I have long said that nothing would be done about illegal immigration until hispanics began to vote Republican. As long as they voted lockstep for the Democrats, the DNC was not about to oppose it, and the Repubs would be forever disarmed with the slightest charge of racism.
This election they broke sharply toward the Republicans, not a solid majority, but enough to remove them from the equation for future elections as far as the Democrats are concerned.
And so, in the blink of an eye, the Dems will choose new ground. As I mentioned on another thread, I (quite by chance) found myself listening to a rant on Air America last night, and the on-air talent was in a fit about illegal immigrants swarming across the border to steal jobs from good American workers. And now, it seems, that Hillary has chosen this as her issue.
To think, had Kerry realized he was going to lose the hispanic vote, he might have attacked Bush more forthrightly on his lack of border enforcement. Hillary knows she needn't worry about it, she will gain more middle american votes by pointing out the obvious than she will lose in hispanics offended. Anyone paying attention to polls would know that hispanic citizens oppose illegal immigration in about the same percentages as everyone else.
So she will be able to do what a Republican ought to have done but feared to do.
IOW, what Spock said: "Only Nixon could go to China."
OK, now if Hillary will back the abolition of the IRS and the Federal Reserve, along with the repeal of the Brady and Lautenberg Acts, the '86 machine gun ban, the '68 GCA and the '34 NFA, I'll give her a look. Until then, the Dragon Lady can go suck an egg.