Sorry No! Curbing immigration and denying illegals the kneejerk vote for the Marxist free ride ticket would , Would have worked, but if you want compromise you get a pig in a dress.YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE HYPER DILLUSIONAL TO ASSERT THAT 20 MILLION MOSTLY ILLITERATE LAWBREAKERS would ever vote for Republicans under a platform of “look after yourself”.The illegals are however well versed on how on to bilk the system.They are going to have an epiphany? Someone here should.
You can rightfully call them scofflaws for crossing the border illegally, but even Reagan saw something good in them, and I agree with Ronaldus Maximus on this issue.
Yes, the borders were unprotected and that is being worked on, but the fact is that 15 million or so are settled in this country. It would have been closer to seven million if we had not done such a poor job of trying to stop them without doing anything about the jobs that they were coming to fill and then we trapped the seasonal commuters in the country because they did not want to take the risk of crossing over and coming back. This is what caused pressure on social services. Remember that the jobs were seasonal.
No, I'm not fool enough to say they all would be voting "R", but Bush got a lot of them to vote for him and that has been destroyed. We will never see that again for a generation or more.
It is what it is,and it cannot be changed now. The damage is done. It caused a split in the party and the Conservatives have been isolated. That includes me as well.
Probably will not be voting in the general if things go as I fear or I might toss out a protest vote, assuming there is something else on the ballot, but I have not yet seen the list for the general as far as State issues... I won't vote for McCain.