Posted on 10/24/2007 10:07:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson yesterday staked out one of the toughest plans on the campaign trail to curb illegal immigration, trying to reignite the issue among the GOP faithful who rose up in revolt against a more moderate approach in Congress earlier this year.
Highlighting what he believes are key vulnerabilities for his main rivals, Thompson called for stripping federal funds from cities and states that do not report illegal immigrants and criticized Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney for allowing so-called sanctuary cities in New York and Massachusetts.
The first principle of Thompson's plan is "No Amnesty," a clear shot at another rival, Senator John McCain of Arizona, who joined President Bush in trying unsuccessfully to push through a sweeping immigration overhaul bill that would have created a guest worker program and provided a path to possible citizenship for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the country.
Thompson's plan provoked a new round of sparring among the contenders, underscoring that polls indicate that none of them has been able to emerge in the minds of Republican voters as the candidate best able to fix the broken immigration system.
Party officials in key primary states said yesterday that the candidate who can win voters' trust on immigration could make significant gains. Polls indicate that Republicans care more than Democrats about the issue and support a harder line against illegal immigrants.
"It's a very significant issue in America that few politicians are willing to tackle head-on, and when they do, they tackle it the wrong way," said Karen Hanretty, a Thompson spokeswoman. She said Thompson will trumpet his plan today in South Carolina, which holds the first Southern primary, on Jan. 19, and will address it Saturday in Iowa, which holds the first caucus, on Jan. 3.
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Yes they would . Anything is possible and given all of our candidates , we could assemble quite an administration ...
Now compare that with the current crop of Dims ....lol
Edwards for A.G. , Biden for SecDef , Dodd for Treasury , Obama for Sec of State , Kucinich for DHS , Gravel for HHS , Richardson for Agri-sec -as it appears he loves food ....
LOL. touche.
Yup. And that’s just for starters.
He’s resigning from Congress? That sucks. Now we have one less champion fighting against illegal immigration.
I hope he’s not resigning from Congress , that would suck indeed .
this is awesome.
“It might serve Free Republic for us to have some Newbie threads on the candidates, where we dont post anything but the candidates positions on issues, and then have the moderator lock the thread so it cant be hijacked.”
That is a fantastic idea! Noob-ly speaking.
His son is gonna run for his seat. He is busy right now. Doing his 2nd or 3rd tour in Iraq.
Tancredo as ambassador to Mexico would make him fear for his life everyday-yikes! Give it to Rudy Giuliani instead. LOL Tancredo should truly help in eliminating illegal immigration problems throughout the U.S., and there are a variety of federal entities that he could join to do just that. John Bolton as Homeland Security and Duncan Hunter as Secretary of Defense would be awesome. Bob Dole could do Veterans Affairs while Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee could do any possible business related cabinet openings. All of this is thinking too far ahead at this point.
Hunter made a huge mistake by not going to Iowa early and often, and hiring no campaign staff here till right before the straw poll.
I begged, BEGGED, his son and campaign manager last winter to get organized in Iowa and get people here to the county central committee meetings. Couldn’t get them to move. Hunter should have got the bump from the straw poll Huckabee did. Opportunity missed, hopefully he can make it up somewhere.
The Tancredo/Mexico ambassadorship was a little joke. LOL Isn’t Bob Dole in his mid-to-late eighties? Seems too old to run the 2nd largest federal department, IMO.
I wasn’t intending to jump on ya. Sorry.
Mike Gravel, Ben Nelson, Sam Nunn, and Zell Miller could be nice picks for any position where a Republican President must pick a Democrat for the position. There are still some Democrats out there who truly are not “far leftists”.
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I credit Hunter with being right on this issue. But, Tom Tancredo also placed this issue at the center of his campaign, and also managed to place a spotlight on it at the debates.
Hunter needed to find some way to stand out from the crowd and also distinguish himself from Tom Tancredo, and didn't.
Ok, then, up the flagpole...
It might serve Free Republic for us to have some Newbie threads on the candidates, where we dont post anything but the candidates positions on issues, and then have the moderator lock the thread so it cant be hijacked.
Califreak: That is a fantastic idea! Noob-ly speaking.
I figured it was a joke, but it would be very interesting for sure if Tom Tancredo accepted it. Almost all of the ‘08 GOP Presidential candidates would do well in cabinet positions as well as in other federal positions with the exception of Ron Paul. Ron Paul could help in an Area 51 position. LOL
May I quote you: “[Thompson] was . . better”. A truly magnanimous endorsement!
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