[TomGuy]

he'd have to face down a noisy, but not large, anti-immigrant claque

Kondracke is as out of touch with mainstream America as GWB and Rove are regarding immigrants.

Mort, it isn't the immigrants (legal ones) that is the problem, it is the illegal ones. They are lawbreakers who are expecting to be rewarded. 80% of the American people oppose ILLEGAL immigration, Mort. You are muddling the issue, which is typical of the defenders of ILLEGALS.

Hillary Clinton is taking a stand against illegals. By doing so, she is bringing the issue to the forefront (good) and placing herself to the right of the Republicans (good for her for 2008, bad for Republicans in 2008 and possibly even 2006).

If GWB and some Republicans push to give amnesty, and citizenship, to hundreds of thousands or millions of illegals, expect the Republicans to reap a backlash of ill winds from voters.

[Once-Ler]

Hillary Clinton is taking a stand against illegals. By doing so, she is bringing the issue to the forefront (good) and placing herself to the right of the Republicans (good for her for 2008, bad for Republicans in 2008 and possibly even 2006).

Sigh...Isn't she wonderful?