"The only good news is that Hillary is already working on moving to the right of the Bush GOP on this. We're fortunate that she is telegraphing her plans so early."
I don't know what Hillary's plans are. She could move to our right, and run against illegal immigration. On the other hand, this could be a "head-fake", and she could have planted the recent media stories to increase conservative unrest about illegal immigration, and encourage a conservative anti-amnesty third-party candidate to run against the Rove-backed nominee in 2008. Then, with a Ross Perot-type spoiler, she could run as a liberal and win with 43% of the vote, like her hubby.
Notwithstanding recent rumors, she was a co-sponsor of S-2381 in the Senate, which is a Democratic-proposed amnesty ("earned legalization") plan.
But the bottom line is that our party leaders are on the WRONG side of this issue. And, our party is very vulnerable, and Hillary will exploit that vulnerability. I don't know how, but I am sure that she will.
I think you are onto something. Hillary won't use her liberal credentials against illegals. The object is to neuter the GOP. (As if they have any testosterone)
I expect illegal immigration to be whooped into a frenzy by the mm the next four years and for another "strong" third party candidate to arise and be given massive media exposure, like Perot, while claiming to be against open borders. Like Perot, he will be nothing but a spy for the Clintons.
They don't have to peel off that many Republican votes to win, and this may do it for Queen Hillary. They don't call the GOP the Stupid Party for nothing.