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  • Walls are Closing in on Pols (pols feeling get-tough winds blowing from anti-amnesty grassroots)

    05/18/2006 5:14:37 AM PDT · by Liz · 101 replies · 2,265+ views
    New York Post ^ | May 18, 2006 | Deborah Orin
    ....... a stunning 83-16 in favor of a reinforced fence along the Mexico border yesterday....showed that lawmakers are feeling get-tough winds blowing from the grass roots. Even 2008 presidential prospects like Sens. Clinton and Kerry voted for the 370-mile fence, and several Democrats who first voted no switched nervously to yes. "Voters are very clear that they want the situation at the border addressed first," said independent pollster Scott Rasmussen, who's found huge enforcement-first majorities in 33 states he polled. "The real debate isn't about what to do with the illegal aliens who are already here," Rasmussen said. "It's about...