Read some of the immigration threads...
I have not read them, so I don't know what you are referring to. However, I think the conservative position is that we should stop illegal immigration, and I think that is a winning position for the majority of voters. The press would like us to believe that we should fold on that position or that it is racist, but I don't believe the majority of the voters agree with that. The same thing happened in liberal California with affirmative action--the voters were against it but the press tried to make it like it was a losing position. And the same thing is happening with the minimum wage issue--everyone is trying to scare the republicans into thinking their position is a loser.