"Once the Democrat Party has put you under their wing, you are in trouble. If they become your official defenders, you don't have a prayer. So it takes me back to this whole point about not losing Texas. Now, people got ticked off at Perry for his in-state tuition policy for children of illegals in the state of Texas. It's a tough thing because we can't afford to lose Texas and those electoral votes because Florida is not a lock and Ohio is never a lock. But Texas right now is for us. We can't lose it. We can't lose New York and California and Texas, 'cause then nothing else matters, it's over."
Right now the Democrats are buying votes with promises of "we'll help save you from those mean Republicans that hate you". The illegal issue is not going to be solved overnight, it's going to take long-term solutions. Texas has had to bear the brunt of the problem. It's going to take some "outside of the box" thinking to solve the problem in ways that don't send them running to the Democrats. The situation is dire right now - we need to win the election first!