Oh, Johnnie,Johnnie,Johnnie, you just can't help yourself can you? Graf and a couple others lost because people like you and the DNC supported their opponent!
Tancredo won, Duncan Hunter won and so did a bunch of others as did my rep who only sent out campaign ad on IMMIGRATION enforcement. All the dems ran against illegal immigration that won. Why do you think all those dems voted for the fence just before the election- duh!!! so they'd get voted for!
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We have some very important information for you below. There is a ton of misinformation in the media, both by liberals (e.g. Pelosi) and neocons (e.g. Bill Kristol, Linda Chavez). They are being dishonest about the election and immigration. Every single exit poll shows that voters voted against Republicans in this election because (1) the war in Iraq (2) corruption and (3) (in some states) free trade
It had nothing to do with immigration. In fact, if the GOP had been more anti-immigration and did not have a President who cares more about amnesty than hard-working Americans, the GOP would have done better.
Of the Republicans who lost in this election: only 6.7% of those losing were anti-immigration (in Tancredo's caucus)
34.9 % of those who lost, however, were pro-Amnesty and supported Bush's pro-Amnesty plan. (These people received a grade of D or lower on their Immigration Report Cards)
Without any serious opposition.
Tough immigration policy didn't cost the GOP its majority, but the fact that the second-most vocal anti-immigration crusader lost in a very Republican district is still significant. Also significant is the fact that RINO Brian Bilbray (CA) is the only Tancredo-endorsed candidate to win a primary all year, and even he had a really close race against a liberal in a very Republican district.
The real lesson is not that Tancredo-ism gets you beat -- it's that it ain't gonna save the GOP. Graf never had much of a chance, but if you can't make immigration an issue in that district, it's a sign that it's just not that important to most people.
But now the Dem congress will pass comprehensive amnesty, and Republicans can pretend to be outraged. So it's a moot point.