[WatchingInAmazement]

"Our surveys show that immigration is the most important issue for likely voters in this state," says Fred Solop, a political scientist at Northern Arizona University and director of the Social Research Laboratory there. But voters aren't distinguishing between competing proposals, he adds: "They just want something to be done."

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1026/p01s02-uspo.html

[LS]

This is sort of what I was saying when I say that people are schizophrenic in their voting about illegals. It's clear, both in CA and AZ, that the majority will overwhelmingly support strong MEASURES against illegals---yet at the same time they seem to shy away from strong INDIVIDUALS who will enforce those measures (hence Schwarzenegger and Napolitano and Richardson).

That allows the majority to think they are "doing something" against illegals while still 'feeling good' that they are not electing "racists." I could be wrong---what do I know?---but it does seem to explain this two-faced approach.