I don't quite get this?
Didn't Bilbray run on a strong opposition to illegal immigration and support a wall along the entire US-Mexico border? He seems just like Tancredo.
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You are correct if you look at a single issue such as immigration..
I guess the oddity I see is in Tancredo not being a moderate and Bilbray is on other issues..
Bilbray is a moderate on many issues, and disappointed conservatives when he was representing a district that changed over to Democrats a few years ago. Maybe he was playing to his constituency, I don't know. He has always been rock-solid on immigration, with support for the fence and prop 187. That alone is reason to support him. In fact, the solid conservative who he barely defeated in the first primary, Eric Roach, had a position that sounded more like the Wall Street Journals, and for that reason, Bilbray may be the better choice, even though Roach is more conservative on fiscal and social issues. The border is issue no. 1 right now, up there with, and tied to, the WOT.