[JamesP81]

If Huckabee get the nomination it will neutralize the illegal immigration issue.

I realized this about a week ago. I think that the game that the RNC is playing is to get someone pro-illegal nominated. If both candidates are pro-illegal, it removes it as an issue in the election. That allows the RNC to pander to the illegal aliens who will be voting once they get amnesty rammed through without any inconvenient electoral threat from the party base, at least in the short term. I think this is a strategy to avoid a repeat of 2006.

[Route66]

You are exactly right. Illegal immigration will be a prime factor in the election and the Dems need to run against someone who is a weak on the issue as they are in order to win.

[CottonBall]

I think that the game that the RNC is playing is to get someone pro-illegal nominated. If both candidates are pro-illegal, it removes it as an issue in the election. That allows the RNC to pander to the illegal aliens who will be voting once they get amnesty rammed through without any inconvenient electoral threat from the party base, at least in the short term. I think this is a strategy to avoid a repeat of 2006.

In actuality, it will cause a repeat of 2006. What the MSM failed to report was that the Republicans lost 8% of the white vote in 2006. All we heard about was how much of the hispanic vote was lost. The Republicans lost a large portion of their base vote by hispandering and trying to out-liberal the democrats. And here we go again.

[texastoo]

You might be right about the RNC. I had not thought about the RNC pushing Huckabee to take the illegal alien issues out of the election. But it is not surprising.

[Aglooka]

“If Huckabee get the nomination it will neutralize the illegal immigration issue.

I realized this about a week ago. I think that the game that the RNC is playing is to get someone pro-illegal nominated. If both candidates are pro-illegal, it removes it as an issue in the election. That allows the RNC to pander to the illegal aliens who will be voting once they get amnesty rammed through without any inconvenient electoral threat from the party base, at least in the short term. I think this is a strategy to avoid a repeat of 2006.”

This may be the case. Unfortunately this isn’t a good strategy.

The GOP establishment has drifted so far away from core values (like stopping illegal immigration and no amnesty) that the base is feeling alienated.

We've all seen the comments here. There appears to be enough people willing to stay home on election day rather than contribute to what they see as the destruction of the Republican Party.