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Immigration worries Republicans
The Washington Times ^ | 7/16/2005 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 07/16/2005 2:34:21 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak

Republican congreesional members' constituents care more about immigration and border security than any othe issue, according to a new congressional insiders poll.

Seventeeen of the 37 Republican House and Senate members who responded to the National Journal's survey identified immigration as the issue "most on the minds of your consituents these days." That easily topped the next closest issue, the economy, which gained 10 votes, followed by gasoline prices with four votes and terrorism with threee votes.

One Republican called immigration the "highest-octane issue in America," while another said, "It is here that the mismatch between the federal government's inaction and the realities at home is the greatest."

Rep. Tom Tancredo, the Colorado Republican who runs the House Immigration Reform Caucus, has said other members of Congress have come up to him recently and said immigration is a dominant issue when they return home for recess periods.

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Of 25 Democratic members of Congress who responded, just two mentioned immigration as the top issue for constituents....

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
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To: Burf

If you think the Democrats will follow the Buchanan approach on immigration (what all the single issue immigration voters want) then you're a fool. The Democrats, no matter what they might say, would do nothing less than grant full amnesty to every illegal on a regular basis.


41 posted on 07/16/2005 3:00:44 PM PDT by COEXERJ145 (Just Blame President Bush For Everything, It Is Easier Than Using Your Brain)
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To: Burf
I wont vote Dem , but I sure as hell wont vote for the current Republican agenda of illegal immigration. If the Dems get in so be it. The Republic will survive.

yea and the problem will still be there, along with a bunch of other problems

42 posted on 07/16/2005 3:02:41 PM PDT by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: Echo Talon

Good observation.


43 posted on 07/16/2005 3:02:42 PM PDT by GVnana
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To: Echo Talon
Looks like thats why they took a survey?

poll questions are a dime a dozen

44 posted on 07/16/2005 3:03:13 PM PDT by AntiGuv (™)
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To: Echo Talon
... vote democrat and see if it gets fixed any faster.
In other words, sit down and shut up?

The GOP does not own my vote. If they don't differentiate themselves from the Dems, they're going to find out what it feels like when their base stays home. Mindlessly voting GOP is no better than mindlessly voting Democrat.

45 posted on 07/16/2005 3:03:27 PM PDT by jayhorn (when i hit the drum, you shake the booty.)
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To: Echo Talon

Not a chance I could find a Dem worth supporting. I'm fortunate enough to live in a red county. My representation is in the same song book as me.

More importantly, they wouldn't blow smoke at me on an issue that I felt was important.

That'a something I can get from a Dem. But if things should change,...?


46 posted on 07/16/2005 3:04:36 PM PDT by incredulous joe ("Don't trust Republicans to do the right thing. Don't trust Democrats - period!")
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To: Echo Talon
Our Washington RINOs will do nothing until they have absolutely no other choice. Since they long ago stopped giving a damn what their constituents say or want, the only effective weapon we have left is the contributions money. I have already informed all of the usual GOP begging agencies there will be no furtrher contributions from this family until I see a conservative agenda being carried out rather than merely talked to death.

I'm tired of the good intentions. I want to see some action. Or no more $$.

47 posted on 07/16/2005 3:04:41 PM PDT by Czar (StillFedUptotheTeeth@Washington)
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To: Mears
I keep saying, this is THE issue of 2008, and so far, NO candidate on either side has really addressed it (and Tancredo is just not a high-profile enough guy to be a serious candidate).

The 2008 GOP candidate has not yet appeared, because whoever it is will have this as a PRIMARY issue.

48 posted on 07/16/2005 3:05:05 PM PDT by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of news)
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To: GVgirl
Good observation.

Which one? The observation that George W. Bush won the election and the democrats are the ones considered "mainstream"? :D

49 posted on 07/16/2005 3:05:24 PM PDT by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak

If it is so very important to these babosos why the hell have they sat on their butts and done nothing for so long on this issue.
The borders aren't a sieve they are an ocean.


50 posted on 07/16/2005 3:05:37 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Echo Talon

"yea and the problem will still be there, along with a bunch of other problems"


Fortunately I don't plan to sit and cry about if the democrats do win. I plan to keep the pressure on no matter who wins.


51 posted on 07/16/2005 3:06:01 PM PDT by cripplecreek (If a democrats lips are moving, they're lying.)
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To: Dallas59

Pretty funny.


52 posted on 07/16/2005 3:08:52 PM PDT by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of news)
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To: COEXERJ145

I'm sorry but to claim immigration voters are "one Issue" is nonsense. Immigration affects just about every social issue from traffic congestion to health care.


53 posted on 07/16/2005 3:11:21 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: Dallas59

A friend sent me that same link over a week ago. God help me but that's the funniest (and saddest) thing I've seen in a while.


54 posted on 07/16/2005 3:11:58 PM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: Arizona Carolyn

Because 3 years away from the national election is too soon to stake out a position, and she will need the immigrant vote for 06.


55 posted on 07/16/2005 3:14:32 PM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: Echo Talon
"Like I told the other guy vote democrat and see if it gets fixed any faster."



In all honesty, it just might get fixed faster with Dems back in control! When they start rolling out the amnesty bills, the average citizen just might start paying attention and demand something be done. A big splash of reality is more attention grabbing than death by a thousand cuts. Ever here the frog in the pot story?
56 posted on 07/16/2005 3:14:48 PM PDT by need_a_screen_name
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To: need_a_screen_name

here = hear


57 posted on 07/16/2005 3:16:09 PM PDT by need_a_screen_name
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To: moehoward

Good point.


58 posted on 07/16/2005 3:16:49 PM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: Zenith
Move to Mexico, they are all here !!

LOL! That is exactly what I've been saying.

59 posted on 07/16/2005 3:17:22 PM PDT by NRA2BFree
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To: need_a_screen_name
In all honesty, it just might get fixed faster with Dems back in control!
I'm thinking the Dems might have an interest in a closed border. They have the currently largest minority in their back pocket (blacks) and there is a danger that the more family-oriented Hispanics could start supporting the GOP. In any event, the Hispanic vote is up for grabs now. If they can seal the border, they will still own the biggest minority vote lock, stock and barrel. And they will also help to nail that down even more, as there is plenty of antagonism between the black and Hispanic minorities in terms of competition for government benefits.

Maybe Hillary wasn't kidding about that border security thing!

60 posted on 07/16/2005 3:21:17 PM PDT by jayhorn (when i hit the drum, you shake the booty.)
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