Look at the ag vote bill.
Almost all the democrats in the senate voted for permanent amnesty for illegals.
The republicans in the senate blocked that from becoming law.
Look at the fence on the border issue. Duncan Hunter is for the fence and for extending it while the dem down there in California is against it worried about the enviornment.
I can name many republicans in congress that are tough on illegal immigration. Duncan Hunter, James Sensennbrenner, Tom Tancredo, Senator Kyl has a new bill for 10,000 more border guards which Bush is for.
I can't name one democrat in the senate tough on illegal immigration. They want their votes, they love affirmative action, they are against the fence on the border worried about enviornment, they are with aclu.
Howard Dean bashed Arnold for supporting the minutemen.
If anyone thinks the answer to our problems is to see Nancy Pelosi as the speaker of the house then let them.
I want a dem congress with a dem president and then people will stop blaming the republicans.
This congress sucks democrats can fillabuster anything they want and nothing gets done and republicans get blamed.
Let Howard Dean, Dick Durbin, Ted Kennedy, Hillary, Nancy Pelosi run the show and see what it gets the people that are going after the republicans.
I appreciate your tenacity.
If Bush was for 10.000 new Border Agents, we'd have 10,000 more Border Agents...Right now...
Of all Senators, Republican and Democrat, the Senator with the single best record on securing the border and stopping illegal immigration is Robert Byrd (D-WV). No Republican Senator can even come close to matching his record. I despise Robert Byrd but he has a great record on this issue.
A few posters here have noted that Hillary voted for the Ag-Jobs Amnesty which is true. But as part of the same Iraq War Supplemental Funding Bill, she also along with all 44 other Democrat Senators voted unanimously for the Robert Byrd Amendment which added funds for 1000 new Border Patrol Agents, 500 new interior ICE Agents and 1900 new detention beds. Only 20 Republican Senators could bring themselves to vote for stronger borders while 34 voted against the Byrd Amendment.
Those who don't think the Democrats can't take the illegal immigration issue away from Republicans are crazy. Controlling illegal immigration is a strong fit with their labor union, african-American, and recent legal immigrant base. They will do anything to get back power and they needn't fear losing the Hispanic vote because most legal Hispanics are against illegal immigration and no Republican has a hope of out-pandering the Democrats when it comes to handouts, freebies and racial politics.
Hillary is getting advise from a master politician. She only needs to peel off a tiny number (60,000) votes in a labor state like Ohio to win.