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All Hillary has to do is declare that she will personally round up every illegal in this country and she'll have the support from all the Buchananites and the other nuts who think immigration is the only issue that matters in this world. It doesn't matter to the CINO's (Conservatives In Name Only) that she is so far to the left on 99% of the issues as long as she tells them what they want to hear on immigration even though she'd never carry it out.

"All Hillary has to do is declare that she will personally round up every illegal in this country "

And she has already started to try to mine that segment. See my post 17. Her 39% would appear to be a lock They already know plenty about her, would vote for her now and I doubt this segment can b dissuaded.

as long as she tells them what they want to hear on immigration

I don't think she could easily fool many anti-immigration types. Her reputation for posturing and machievellian maneuvering are legendary, even among Dems. Dick Morris, for example. However, I wouldn't count her out either. If there is a bad economy and/or one of our wars is going badly, and/or an inept Republican candidate would certainly give her an opening.

If immigration becomes a big issue by '08, I would hope we nominate Tancredo or someone with the same anti-immigration credentials.

Also worth mentioning is that Hillary is actually hated by the hard left, ie. they hate the Clinton's in general for not being total socialists while in power (welfare reform, NAFTA, etc.) So she would have a time of it trying to hold the radical Dem base together while reaching out to centrists and disgruntled conservatives. If she can find just one burning issue and push it and push it.

When will the great Republican hope, the perfect combination of Goldwater/Reagan/and GW, emerge?