Arnold accomplished what a lot of smart people haven't. He produced a position on immigration that moved us away from a stupid, all or nothing mentality.
Not even close to the truth. Arnold's real position on Illegals, which was stealthily available during the campaign, was unveiled during his press conference yesterday... "There's a bill that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has introduced that I think is terrific. It gives temporary working permits to immigrants so they can come in and out of this country, out of this state, and also, you know, there's another idea. Undocumented immigrants who come here before August 2003 can apply for visas especially if they don't have a criminal background. And if they have a job right now, they can apply for that visa. So there are different programs I want to push in that direction to help undocumented immigrants."
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Who does Arnold think he's supposed to represent, citizens or Illegals? His issue with the Ilegal Alien drivers' licenses is the lack of background checks, not that they are Illegals who don't belong here. He wants them to be redesignated as "guest workers." Now you understand his reluctance to support the Save Our License referendum. Arnold supports Amnesty for Illegals, while claiming that he doesn't. He's thrown in with the McCain-Hatch-Cornyn wing of the GOP. Get ready for a real intra-party civil war as the appeasers try to sneak their Amnesty by other names trhough the Congress. They are all woefully out of touch with the electorate... The Luntz Poll (http://capwiz.com/fair/utr/1/NASACDSZKP/MEGUCDSZLJ/ commissioned by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), showed strong disfavor - 68 percent to 21 percent - for granting licenses to illegal aliens, and that disapproval was on the minds of many voters as they went to the polls.By a large majority, voters who participated in the recall election said they would support a proposed referendum on next March's ballot to block implementation of the law granting driver's licenses to illegal aliens. Sixty-two percent indicated that were such a referendum to appear on the ballot it would win their vote, while only 25 percent said they would oppose it. < -snip- > Davis' decision to sign the driver's license bill, after twice vetoing similar measures, was not the only flip-flop on matters relating to illegal immigration that hurt him with voters. After initially opposing in-state tuition for illegal aliens at state-run universities, Davis ultimately signed legislation allowing illegal aliens to qualify for subsidized tuition rates. That decision was opposed by 73 percent of the people who voted in Tuesday's recall, while only 18 percent said they favored the idea. During the course of the campaign, the media repeatedly asserted that Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger's support for the 1994 voter initiative, known as Proposition 187, was a political liability for the candidate. The Luntz survey indicates otherwise. By a 65 percent to 26 percent margin, voters said that illegal aliens "should not be eligible for services and benefits provided by state and local governments, except for emergency services." Prop. 187, which included almost identical language, received 59 percent of the vote nine years ago.
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