Immigration: A Roadside IED on the Trail
The issue is emerging as a big one in Iowa—and it could wind up pulling the GOP contenders far enough to the right to cause problems next November.

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By Howard Fineman
Newsweek
Updated: 5:17 p.m. ET Sept 20, 2007

Sept. 20, 2007 - The flow of the presidential campaign has taken me to Iowa a good bit lately, and here is the chief thing I learned: the immigration issue is a roadside IED there, and all politicians, Republicans in particular, had better up-armor—fast.

Over five days on two trips I asked campaign managers and voters from both parties to list the most urgent matters on the minds of Iowans—not just folks in their party or “likely caucus attenders.â€