[PDR]

what's to explain... i would think it obvious but, to reiterate, were this whole matter to errupt in a spate of negative publicity, it gives the left one more thing to talk about with which to tar all conservatives using a broad brush.

[Invisible Gorilla]

I think that's rather implausible. Simcox is a smalltime buffoon who is off the radar for the left. Abramoff and his circle of corruption is the bigger and more obvious target for the kind of Democrat attack you say you fear. Simcox is more likely to be used by Pubbies who are lax on border security to tar the hawks. Examples are the minority of Senate Republicans who joined with the majority of Democrats to pass the Reid-Kennedy-Mccain-Hagel-Martinez bill. Simcox is a blessing to every Pubbie who wants to regularize illegal aliens.