FYI: While Bilbray may have used the immigration issue to win the special election, he is no conservative. He's a pro-abort and a board member of the Log Cabin Republicans.
When begs the question for the Tancredo Fan Club -
What issues are they willing to trade in for secure borders?
Pete Wilson and Bilbray won their elections on pro-brder security while being liberal on social issues. It seems that the formula for GOP success would be to use the illegal immigration to appeal to conservatives and support gun control, gay rights, and abortion on demand to woo suburban soccer moms.
The NJ Senate race this year will test this theory.