Already posted here and answered there. Here's the replay... Illegal Immigration. Tom would attempt to revive Prop 187 challenges, which may or may not succeed. Arnold, unfortunately, would not. On the bright side, though, Arnold does plan to hit the federal government up for reimbursement for the costs of illegal immigration, which are disproportionally borne by this state, which houses roughly one-third of all illegals. By making illegal immigration everyone's problem rather than just a problem peculiar to the border states, Arnold may be able to press the federal government to actually do something about illegal immigration. If he can't, we can always try another 187-based initiative, which will again pass handily (and which either Tom or Arnold could be trusted to defend in court).
What Arnold Scharzenegger actually wants the federal government to do is redesignate the Illegals as "guest workers," at which point he'll work to give them drivers' licenses.
Look, if you can swallow what Arnold's selling, fine, vote for him. Here's your problem... too many of us won't. Legalizing Illegals? You think I'm going to vote for a Republican governor who supports that? You think I'm going to reward a Republican establishment who's been hjerking us around on this critical issue for years. No. You either need a new pitch, or a reformulated product. |
