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Nice circular argument. 'Path to citizenship' is not required. It is in fact not even possible as ILLEGAL aliens cannot apply for citizenship.

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Naturalization is commonly referred to as the manner in which a person not born in the United States voluntarily becomes a U.S. citizen.

General Naturalization Provisions - The basic requirements for naturalization that every applicant must meet, unless a member of a special class. General provisions require an applicant to be at least 18 years of age and a lawful permanent resident with five years of continuous residence in the United States, have been physically present in the country for half that period, and have established good moral character for at least that period.

http://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/stdfdef.shtm

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ILLEGAL aliens are not LPRs, “lawful permanent residents” and therefore cannot apply for US citizenship. So your original comment, "Because the ones who get in-state tuition have to be on the path to citizenship" remains inaccurate.

Tell you what South, I will concede that "path to citizenship" is a bad term and even misleading, it is accurate to say that the law requires them to be on a path to legal resident (which is possible for an illegal depending on their situation) and even that term is lose as there is really no way to enforce it other then them giving their word.

But I am curious, Herman Cain supported Mike Huckabee in 2008, he even donated money to Huckabee. Herman Cain said that he could not be on a ticket with Perry because Cain said while he hasn't,“totally gone through all of [Perry’s] positions, but a lot of positions I have questions with” including “being soft on the border, issues relative to tuition for children of illegal aliens.”

But, AR House Bill 1525 was sponsored by Huckabee and that would be considered pretty far left of what Texas passed.

Mr. Cain is going to have to explain that change of heart and not sound like he jumped on the "perry is soft on immigration" bandwagon because he saw the issue hurt him.

How will you, as a Cain supporter, justify his support of the Huckster?

Keep in mind that I'm not against a Cain Presidency either, I have reservations about another "learn on the job President" but I believe Cain can actually do it.