And Perry is flat out wrong on this issue when you look at it from a national perspective. Perry, in case you haven't noticed (LOL) is very focused on Texas, and when Texas and Texas alone is considered ... the policy sort of make sense.
But when you expand the argument (as Santorum did) and say that you are giving tuition brakes to illegal aliens that you are denying to your fellow American citizens from other states... that's a losing issue, because your basically insulting everyone else in the nation.
Perry can't win with this hanging over his head, he has to end this. And the only way he can is by changing his position.
Of course it will hurt his planned attacks on Romney, because Romney will try and say that Perry flipped on immigration every time Perry points out Romney's flips on abortion, gay marriage, gun control, ect.
But it's better to have your future attacks on Romney weakened than to have your candidacy destroyed.
I’ll agree to disagree with ya. :)
But when you expand the argument (as Santorum did) and say that you are giving tuition brakes to illegal aliens that you are denying to your fellow American citizens from other states... that’s a losing issue, because your basically insulting everyone else in the nation.
Yep Perry blew that response badly.
He should have poitned out to Santorum that in fact the Texas legislature made it so that an out of state student could get instate tuition in only one year rather than three. All they have to do is move to Texas set up residency for one year, apply, get accepted in a college and they get instate tuition as a Texas resident.