Tancredo has already helped by redefining the "center" on the immigration issue. Recall how Reagan redefined the center on the txes issue.
Its clear already that saying illegals are OK is not anywhere near the conventional centrist position today. For that we have Tancredo in no small measure to thank today.
Good point. Some Republicans have wanted to maintain the status quo because illegal immigrants provide cheap labor. The Democrats want to grant illegal immigrants welfare and voting rights, for obvious reasons. So I guess the "center" position would have been to grant illegals full welfare benefits but not (yet) voting rights. Once that is established, illegal immigrant voting rights would not be too far behind. It is good to see a Republican redefine an issue rather than proposing a "moderate" version of what the leftists want.
Absolutely. The reason Dems tolerate the wacko left is to move the center in that direction, allowing Hillary to remake herself as a mainstream "centrist."
Tancredo, and a few others, are our anchors on the right, shifting the center until "extremist" ideas like controlling the freakin' borders become part of the center, and thus realistic policy options.
Tancredo deserves special credit on this issue, and it's time for some of ours to stop shooting at him.