The big theme out of Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate in Washington was Newt Gingrich's compassionate stance towards illegal immigrants who have put down deep roots in the U.S. That position by Gingrich, who has recently surged to join Mitt Romney at the head of the Republican field according to recent polls, conflicted with the more hardline views of many conservative voters. Many of those GOP voters who will decide their party's nominee oppose allowing illegal immigrants to remain in the U.S., period. The immediate question for Gingrich was, after boldly defending his position that illegal aliens who've lived in...