No, what I am saying is that I think this was not the most important issue on people's minds, and that an obsessive few in the GOP made it look like it was the overriding issue and distracted the voters. I think many were turned off by the shrill "build a giant wall and turn hoses on the Mexicans" screaming that was coming from some quarters. I know I certainly was.
fair enough.
but what could we do, the issue was forced on us by Bush. the honest approach to this, would have been for Bush to simply say "the issue of amnesty was not part of the 2004 election, let the political system work, let it be debated and let people elect those they want who support their position". But instead, he forced it on us - we had two choices, stop it or allow it to become law.