Aliens' licenses unsafe politically at any speed
By Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times

Wherever it’s been tried, embracing driver’s licenses for illegal aliens — as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and most of the Democratic presidential field did two weeks ago — has been political poison, including helping cost one Democratic governor his office.
Ever since the September 11 terrorist attacks, lawmakers who back licenses for illegal aliens have suffered, such as Gray Davis, the former California governor who was recalled in part because he signed such a bill. Those who have called for crackdowns are reaping the political rewards.

“It’s a winner in a general election; I think it’s an absolute winner in a Republican primary; and I think it’s a winner even in many states in a Democratic primary,â€