[Cincinatus' Wife]

His immigration stance is the big killer for me.

Please expand on that for the thread.

[bcsco]

We need 1,000 National Guard troops to support current law enforcement operations on our border until they can provide those 3,000 more border patrol agents. We also need Predator drones flying along the Texas-Mexico border providing real time intel to our state and local operation centers.

Source: Speech at 2011 Conservative Political Action Conference Feb 11, 2011

Note the absence of actually "securing" the border to prevent illegals from crossing. The Feds put NG troops in Arizona. They did nothing in terms of operational security. And how long would these NG troops have to be there before those 3000 or so agents were made available?

In addition, his idea of illegals being deported is centered on those convicted of crimes. And he's in favor of a program for importing farm workers from Mexico. This surely won't fly well with millions of Americans out of work.