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Jim Geraghty Reporting
Wednesday, November 07, 2007

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The Case for GOP Optimism in 2008

It is probably fate that on a grim morning, when Republicans find themselves groaning after another glum Election Night, that a piece that had been percolating for a while runs...

My friends, all is not lost for the GOP. In today's NRO column, I lay out all the data suggesting good opportunities for candidates on the right in 2008. And despite what I said about the mild response from the illegal immigration issue in New York and Virginia below, I think the section on securing the border holds up well:

[b][i]Immigration: This is an issue that has only gotten bigger and more passionate for the past five years. It mobilizes the Republican base like nothing else — witness the grassroots efforts against the amnesty deal this year — and the Democrats are absolutely split on this; Democratic pollsters/strategists Stan Greenberg, Al Quinlan, and James Carville call it “a real wedge issue.â€