"I was just noting that Eisenhower was the last one who was serious about deportation. But I have a feeling the next president will have to be."
I disagree with you. The next President will be moderate to liberal, whether a Republican or Democrat. Having looked at the short list of "viable" candidates, I see none who will give more than lip service to real control over immigration. Business won't like it if they do.
We have 50 years of movement toward globalism under our belts. I see no chance of that changing in 2008. The voices opposing it are loud, but they come from a minority. They sound awesome, but are pretty much like the Wizard of Oz. Once the curtain is removed, their numbers are not that large.
The voters will do as they have done for a long, long time: vote for someone who is right smack in the middle of the political spectrum.
Is that what I want? Nope. Is that what I expect? Yup.
I think Bush is an economic globalist who also happens to believe in American POLITICAL sovereignty. I admit that at times there are conflicts between these two positions, as when provisions of NAFTA or the WTO agreements seem to impinge upon our sovereingty. But Bush has stood against Kyoto, the World Criminal Court, the U.N., and other aspects of political globalism. Moreover, he doesn't give a rip about world opinion of the European elites. So, on the whole, he is preferable to any Democrat I can think of. But he is most definity not a Patrick Buchanan.
I have a feeling the next election is going to be very hard to predict. Both parties are on the verge of splitting, both are beset with weak leadership, and both are ignoring key concerns in this country along with looming problems - heck, they're making them worse.
We're going to reach a tipping point eventually that will probably toss the Dems into a junk heap. What might emerge would probably be hard to classify as either liberal or conservative by today's labels - a lot of folks across the board are getting concerned about labor and security issues and don't share the globalist vision any longer.