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02-05-2008, 10:15 PM #1
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USA Today says immigration is NOT a factor
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/02/ ... .html#more
3. No, immigration reform is not an obsessive voter concern.
During the ferocious immigration debate last year, commentators
declared that McCain had doomed his candidacy with his co-sponsorship
of comprehensive reform. Conventional wisdom suggested that
Republicans harbored unquenchable rage toward illegal aliens
and would reward candidates who shared their fury. As primary season
unfolded, though, the Republicans identifying illegals as the nation's No. 1
menace (Tom Tancredo and Duncan Hunter) generated no mass support
and dropped out, while McCain staged his improbable comeback. At last,
some Republican analysts have begun to realize that the party only hurt
itself with its frenzied focus on immigration — especially when Democrats
barely touched the issue.
Two recent major polls (by NBC/Wall Street Journal and New York
Times/CBS News) showed "illegal immigration" near the bottom of the list
of voters' top concerns. Activists on the "Minute Man" fringe and talk radio
demagogues may continue to pound away at immigrants as a doomsday
threat, but the candidates have started to move on — particularly as the
primary calendar leads to states with significant Hispanic populations.
The collapse of immigration fever, even among the GOP, suggests that
there's little chance the issue will dominate the general election, beyond
universal agreement on tightening border security.
With so many contests in so many corners of the country today (including
big delegate hauls in California, Illinois and New York), we can
reasonably expect more bombshells and upsets. Most of them will push
our politics in the same direction as the three shocks above — toward the
middle of the road, where ordinary people yearn for an end to
hyperpartisan hysterics and prefer common sense and cooperation.
In past elections, campaigns assumed that primaries were won by
appealing to the base — running right for Republicans, left for
Democrats — and then moving toward the center only after nominations
had been secured. This year, the front-loaded schedule and intriguing
slate of candidates brought more everyday voters into the system earlier
than ever, diluting the influence of activists, agitators, fundraisers and
political pros. The haphazard nomination system might look odd,
awkward, ill-conceived and clumsy, but it has already displayed the
formidable virtue of upending glib prognostications and opening and
enlivening the process.
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02-05-2008, 10:30 PM #2
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(By Michael Medved)
Nationally syndicated radio talk host Michael Medved is the author of Right Turns. He is also a member of USA TODAY's board of contributors.
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02-05-2008, 10:30 PM #3
I wonder if USA Today has ANY EYES and EARS?! And a BRAIN to boot!
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02-05-2008, 11:10 PM #4
Just wait until May 1 when the illegals slit their own throats with their massive demonstrations. I believe that they will cross the line for the majority of American citizens, and that could change the tide
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