[trisham]

Where the critics are most wrong--where they seem most shrewd but are ultimately the most misguided--is in their view of the politics of immigration. Here, too, they see the symptoms accurately enough. Americans are frustrated and angry. They know the system is broken; they want change. Uncertainty about just how to effect that change is driving a wedge into the Republican party, dividing the president from his conservative base in Congress and at the grassroots. And if the system isn't fixed, it could create a dangerous opening for Democrats: an opportunity for Democratic immigration hawks to outflank Republicans, not just on law and order, but even more devastatingly on security. All of this is true--and scary. But the answer isn't to block reform. The antidote is to deliver a remedy, as the White House proposes.

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I guess the critics are just scared and stupid-right, Mr. Jacoby? The Republican Party is doing just fine, thank you. Save your concerns for the Democrats.

[Miss Marple]

Could you possibly refute what you don't like in the article? This is a logical plan. Do you have a better one?

[hchutch]

Quite frankly, some of the critics are being stupid. We're being sold a national ID card as part of the answer to this issue.

"Your papers, please."

[bayourod]

"The Republican Party is doing just fine, thank you."

No, thank President Bush and Karl Rove and their ability to attract Hispanic voters despite the best efforts of the Buchanan/Tancredo type anti-Hispanics to give all Republicans a bad name.