[AuntB]

“They obviously are not so upset with “amnesty” that they would actually take time out of their day to find out which candidates actually supported it and which didn’t.”

Most of the public has no idea what the truth of the ‘immigration’ situation is. When people who do know were asked, it looked like this:

Monday, January 15, 2007

By Aaron Bruns
FoxNews
California Rep. Duncan Hunter won a Phoenix, Ariz., straw poll of GOP insiders. Sen. John McCain finished fourth in his home state and was named the most unacceptable presidential candidate.

Maricopa County, Arizona GOP Straw Poll Results

http://sonoranalliance.com/?p=599

First Choice for Presidential Candidate:
1 Hunter
2 Romney
3 Gingrich
4 McCain
5 Rice
6 Tancredo
7 Giuliani
8 Brownback
9 Huckabee
10 Hagel
11 Barbour
12 Pataki

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,243740,00.html

[j.simmons]

A poll of nativist extremists is not representative of the American voting public at large. Last year’s primaries proved that.

[j.simmons]

From Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,520559,00.html

"Views on how to handle illegal immigrants show little change. Half of Americans (50 percent) favor setting up a system for illegal immigrants to become legal residents — slightly more than the 43 percent who favor deporting as many as possible. These results are almost identical to findings from a June 2007 poll when 51 percent favored setting up a system to help illegals become legal and 39 percent favored deportation."

You are solidly in the minority.