Anti-immigrant rhetoric is a loser.
EVERY candidate who ran on the issue got trounced.
Make anti-immigration a major part of your platform and you are doomed.
I am not saying avoid the issue and agree with your goals of strengthening the border, but I am telling you if you make it in ANY way a major focus you lose.
LOL! First off, it is not rhetoric. It is a valid concern and major issue for the majority of Americans.
By your logic, McCain should be pulling away from the pack with the nomination due to his pro amnesty stance.
Hows that working out for him, again?
Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.
We can have no “50-50” allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.
Theodore Roosevelt
***Make anti-immigration a major part of your platform and you are doomed.***
I agree anti-immgration is a loser. Anti-illegal immigration / pro-border security is a winner. The trick is to support border secuirty without sounding anti-Hispanic.