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EVERY candidate in the race, proposed immigration reform, including Fred Thompson and Sarah Palin. Romney was one of the smart ones who, like Tom Tancredo, insisted that any reform not include the Z-visa which rewards illegal behavior.

Mitt is right, Hispanics and Asians should be flocking to our party's ideals of family values, protection of life and individual freedom. By not resolving this issue in the most conservative fashion possible, we allow the liberals to use it against us. Meanwhile we fail to enlist the socially conservative Hispanics and Asians who should be Republicans.

There is a way to reform the immigration mess in a sensible and conservative fashion. Why aren't we doing it?

It is true that we do have to resolve the immigration issue in the most conservative fashion possible. But that can’t be done with the Democrats in power. We squandered that opportunity in 2001-03. I am afraid that any compromise plan that the GOP signed onto now would be just be another Meidcare Presciption Drug plan, a an attempt to get rid of an issue that really only gives our opponents a chance to move the ball in their direction.

The virulent Mitt-nots are using Alinsky’s rule #12:

“RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct, personalized criticism and ridicule works.)”

Trying to trash him early, to take him out of the possibility of POTUS.

Just like the group that is trying to take out Palin early, IMHO. Same tactics.

EVERY candidate in the race, proposed immigration reform, including Fred Thompson and Sarah Palin.

What do you mean by "immigration reform?" Some form of pandering to Hispanics and pro-illegal alien groups in the hopes of getting their votes? What do you imagine Romney is advocating?

But for the sake of argument, let's assume that Romney, in a very inept way, is trying to say that he wants immigration enforcement and not amnesty. He wants "immigration reform" passed before the next election. Since the Dems control congress and the presidency, they are not going to allow any such sensible changes. So at best, Romney has no clue about when we might be able to make sensible changes in immigration policy. At worst, he is willing to give the leftists a golden opportunity to add tens of millions of new leftist voters in the future.

It's true that Palin seemed to be going along with McCain on amnesty, and she has time to reconsider her position, but IFAIK you are wrong about Thompson and Huckabee. But if they flip over to the dark side they won't get my vote either.