Sadly, what you say is true, and even worse, the GOP has asked for it with their complete and utter disregard for public opinion on the matter in a misguided attempt to out-pander the Dems for the support of latinos.
Of course it should be said, that Hillary would not actually do anything about it either. I mean, why would she want to stop the supply of future Dem voters once another amnesty goes through? But its a sad commentary on the inaction of the GOP that simply talking about it is enough to differentiate herself from the ruling party which has been an abyssmal failure on this matter.
And Hillary knows full well that the radical ethnic interest groups will not attempt to tar and feather her as they would a real conservative because they know she isn't being serious. But even if they did, it wouldn't matter as Hillary's media allies would shield her from such attacks by not giving credence to them as they would against a Republican. In fact they'd probably praise her for having the courage to address the issue that sends so many politicians running for cover.
In short, it is a perfect issue for Hillary to latch onto and make her own. And if the Federal Courts do her a favor and refrain from imposing gay marriage/civil unions until after 08 then she'll also be shielded from that since by then even more states will have "settled" the issue for themselves.
I fear the GOP will reap what they have sown.
If TANCREDO is GOP nominee in 2008, he will crush Hitlery Bin-Rotten Al-Clintooooooooon.
Election 2008:(Prediction)
Tom Tancredo 66% (350 Electoral Votes)
Hitlery Bin-Rotten Al-Clintooooon 33% (187 Electoral Votes)
I can sense the TANCREDO landslide in the making.
No. It's more than that.
Being an immigration hawk would be part of rebuilding the Democrats as the majority party.
New Democrat free trade economic policy never gave a damn about the economic interests of blue collar, non-college educated Americans. It only cared about urban knowledge workers. After all, couldn't all those displaced factory workers go to community college and study Visual Basic ? In NAFTA the Clintons were willing to betray their own base for a "victory" that profitted neither them nor the Democratic Party.
Blue collar Americans paid them back by voting their social conservatism. There weren't enough of them left in the Democratic Party to give Gephardt a chance. And he could have won in November. By turning their back on blue collar Americans the Dems lost the House, the Senate and mayoralty after governorship.
Hillary is smart enough to know that without economic populism the Dems have nothing to counteract "moral values". Gay marriage and abortion don't put food on the table. Rising wages for non college-educated Americans who no longer have to compete with illegals would. An anti-illegals, anti-outsourcing agenda would bring back blue collar voters who really did not benefit much during the 90's.