Most conservatives just aren’t that interested in the issue of immigration. I don’t see this hurting Perry. It certainly hasn’t in Texas.
Maybe in Texas. I keep hearing they have the "good Mexicans" from the Texans I know.
Up here in Cascadia pretty much all the conservatives are outraged by the Mexifornication of Oregon and Washington. We have a endless illegal-fueled crime wave: constant drunk-driving fatalities (one motorcyclist last weekend), rapes, child molestation, drugs, gang banging (there is a war going on south of Seattle between rival "latino" gangs right now) etc.
The two local (to Portland, OR / Vancouver, WA) conservative talk show hosts, Lars Larson and Victoria Taft, both spend a lot of time every week on the illegal issue.
Among my small group of conservative friends we had a discussion about what the most important issue in 2012 was and there was agreement that immigration was at the top of the list.
I will campaign against another open-borders, amnesty promoting pseudo-conservative.