You nailed it. This is worthy of a discussion, but Malkin way over-played in this one. This issue simply is about a 3 on a 10 scale. The illegal immigration problem is about the only major issue I have with Perry, and will evaluate how he handles it as a national candidate. Few are great on this issue, he's in the middle, and needs to present a reasonable plan to earn conservative votes. Bachmann gets a good grade, but as a third term congressman hasn't dealt with it the way a border state governor has.
I agree. I register a “don’t care” on the vaccine and highways issues. The first issue I find with Perry is illegal immigration. He says he is against amnesty which ‘sounds’ good but we need to find out if that’s just a smokescreen. Not favoring the fence really ticks me off. So he sounds like another mushy politician on immigration like Bush.
So that’s -1. On many other issues - spending, taxes, foreign policy, GW - Perry has somewhat of record of actions and statements over the years. He shoots off his mouth a lot. I loved his comments on GW. He is not cautious like GW Bush which can be great but only if he backs it up and follows through and doesn’t allow the media to succeed in portraying him as a secessionist wacko.