That's right -- and CAFTA will fail if it becomes joined in the public mind to support for illegal immigration. The Bush administration and national GOP are suffering substantial damage among their base due to support for illegal and excessive immigration. CAFTA may become one of the casualties.
Only in the minds of a few people. If so many people were obsessed with a single issue than it would have showed up in the 2004 election. Not one single poll had it listed as a high priority issue with voters. The President won, the Republican Party won, the Constitution Party didn't get a larger percentage of voters, and Tancredo didn't get enough write in votes to be a blip on the radar.