[George W. Bush]

The ONLY person who has been consently serious about border security is Duncan Hunter. Paul is been on all sides of the issue on immigration.

Not at all. Duncan, Tancredo and Paul have all been very consistent. Tanc gets credit for being much more consistent and determined and trying to bring that message to more voters for a longer period. Hunter certainly gets credit for leadership on the border fence and for being very pointed in drawing attention to the lack of progress on it. And Ron Paul has been very consistent in supporting a closed-border and in opposing amnesties and welfare giveaways.

[Moose4]

Exactly. Each of the three of them (Hunter, Tancredo, and Paul) are coming at it from a slightly different angle. Hunter emphasizes “national security = border security” with his repeated calls for a tough physical fence; Tancredo hammers on the cultural and political costs of illegal immigration; and while Paul takes a more libertarian view on closing the border, he does want to remove government programs that attract illegals (and everybody else too).

But the author of this piece is crazy if he thinks that Paul is the “only” secure-border candidate. Hunter’s just as strong or stronger, and secure borders is the one thing that Tancredo’s made his name on—nobody outside his district would know who he is were it not for his leadership on stopping illegal immigration. I’d rank both of them slightly ahead of Paul on that issue.

}:-)4