100% correct. If Walter was still around and had a monopoly on the news, we would have lost the war in Iraq in 3 months due to domestic backlash and Bush would have lost by 20 points.
On this issue though, I'm not sure how many people were really paying attention until they saw those demonstrations. How sympathetic people will be is another question though, particularly in areas that aren't seeing their local resources exhausted by serving this community.
I don't think they garnered any sympathy. If anyting, I think it scared a lot of soccer moms. Unfortunately, Bush and the Republican Senate are doing everything they can to cast the illegals as sympathetic figures.
"Unfortunately, Bush and the Republican Senate are doing everything they can to cast the illegals as sympathetic figures. "
And fortunately the Illegals/illegal sympathizers are doing everything in their power to show the opposite. But that does not seem to deter the our "smarter" leaders positions.
I hope you're right about the general reaction.
What is your ideal, (with the qualification of being somewhat reasonable) solution?