[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Last name is not the issue at all. I believe illegals should not be in school in the first place. In state tuition is is adding insult to injury.

Texas can't complain about the Feds doing this to them though.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

I don’t think Perry had a really good reply in his bag to defend his dream act, but making it about “last names” is characteristic of Identity Politics, not conservatism.

[dforest]

Perry kept repeating the “last name” line.

The fact is they are here illegally.

If the state of Texas wants to give people who are here illegally, “in state tuition”, they should stop charging “out of state tuition” to legal American citizens from any state of the union.

Perhaps he could say “in Texas, nobody pays out of state tuition, even if their name isn’t of Hispanic origin.”

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Perry answered as speaking for the employers of Texas who hire illegals and from whom Perry receives campaign cash.

Perry = Crony Capitalist.

America is supposed to be a nation of laws, not of contributors to campaigns.

Laws favoring wealthy contributors are enforced.

Laws threatening wealthy contributors are ignored.

[DaxtonBrown]

Wheeeere are the Perrybots on this one?

[mo]

The kernel..the nugget of it all is taxes, regulation, and immigration

The story of American jobs and labor is deeply intertwined with predatory Federal, state and local taxation and regulation....

South Koreans sleep soundly on their border with NORKS because of American Taxpayer dollars and the American GI.

Why can’t Texans, New Mexicans, Arizonans and Californians?....BECAUSE

Illegal immigration is THE KEY to the perpetuation of the status quo in DC......

Predatory tax and regulatory policies-actions that basically serve to perpetuate and grow governments-leave what business is left in the country seeking disposable labor.

Illegal Labor is the Feds out for preserving the status quo regarding Taxes and Regulation. Interestingly, that is WHY the Feds encourage in-state tuition etc for illegals under-the-table -their presence providing disposable labor allows Federal, State and local regulatory and tax excess in the status quo to continue

Immigration is the ultimate litmus test as to the candidates in question commitment to meaningful regulatory and tax reform. If they are wishy-washy on the subject...they have no real intent to disturb the DC status quo...no matter how big their cowboy hat and six-gun.

Real”leadership” is that which will place Flyover Country’s interest ahead of the Feds....haven’t yet seen anything meaningful anywhere from anybody to indicate that might happen. We have just one more election cycle to make that happen via rule of law. Otherwise its the end of the run for America.

[LibLieSlayer]

I cannot and WILL NOT support perry or his vision of illegal alien invaders... they kill... maime and destroy... but they can lay sheetrock and install tuck and roll. Bottom line... illegal is illegal and he can't keep his states rights illegals in Texas... some have come to Mississippi and when they do... crime and destruction of property and life follows. They are also killing our economy.

LLS

[tobyhill]

There are issues with every candidate but the GOP at this point must make sure that the candidate chosen doesn't have more issues than Obama.

The only one even close to Obama on having issues is Romney.

[Savage Beast]

Can Parry and Romney!

I saw Palin, Bachmann, and Cain on TV last night. Everyone of them is better than Perry or Romney.

Elect Cain, Bachmann, or Palin!

[Lionheartusa1]

Perry is still a democrat at heart just like Lieberman the independent is .

[Cincinatus' Wife]

After Roland Martin's comments [LINKED below], no one on the CNN Panel pointed out how Gov. Rick Perry was attacked by the other panelists for in-state tuition allowed for high school graduates (in Texas schools for 3 years) working for citizenship (allowed to attend U.S. schools by the Feds) so they will not be a burden on the American taxpayer -- "regardless of your last name."

Gov. Perry may well have put AZ, NM, NV, CO in the GOP column with Rick Perry on the 2012 GOP ticket and made 55 CA Electoral Votes viable pick-ups.

How CNN's analysts scored the debate

[snip] .....>>> Roland Martin, CNN contributor: "If you're a Latino voter, the last thing you wanted to hear was some of the stuff you heard tonight. Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico will be critical states when it comes to November 2012. The GOP did themselves no favors tonight with Latino voters.

"Education did not come up in this debate at all. The only moment it came up was about abolishing the Department of Education. If you're a parent trying to get your kid educated, not a single candidate offered anything to speak to the crisis we have in this country when it comes to education. Major failure in that."<<<.....

[Caipirabob]

RICK PERRY SUPPORTS AND SIGNED LAW GIVING TUITION TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

It's over for him. He's done.

If you support Perry or Romney, you are supporting everything that's wrong with both the GOP elite AND the Democrats.

Just the facts, Freepers. His immigration stance IS THE SAME AS OBAMA'S...

[Leep]

Nobodies perfect and Perry certainly proved it last night.
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I’m voting for BC or P. I am ready to go down in flames but will not vote for a RINO or RINO lite, this time or ever again, just to get someone with an “R” in front of their name in office.
What have you got if you compromise on larger principles???

As for illegals enforce the law!

[Jack Hydrazine]

He’s still a Dem and a Dem by any other name is still a Dem!

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

I just want to know who the idiots in the audience were that cheered to the 30 year old in ICU dying with no health insurance.The DNC chair witch used this as a new dem talking point in saying the tea party is whacked.

[bcsco]

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[NavyCanDo]

I wish they would call it what it is, “taxpayer-subsidized tuition”. The argument should not be about who has the right to go to college and what their last name is, its about who will pay for their college. Take away for a moment the immigration status issue, There is way too much taxpayer-subsidized tuition. Not everyone needs to go to college. And if college is the path you want to take but you can’t pay for it, then join the military and use the benefits by your honorable service. My best friend is having his kid complete his college in this way. Not by asking the government for money.

[Sola Veritas]

“Perry defended the law, saying it was a states’ rights issue.”

No Rick...defending our borders is a national (AKA Federal) issue. States cannot make up their own immigration laws....or shouldn’t be.

[rintense]

regardless of what the sound of their last name is, that we believe in you,

OMG, if that isn't a pandering, alarmist, leftist plea I don't know what is!

[Missouri gal]

If I wanted to attend a Texas school, I would have to pay out of state tuition, but an illegal alien will get in-state tuition. How's that “affirming” me???? Perry is one of the worst fools ever!

[SharpRightTurn]

Ricardo has made himself a leper to conservatives on the immigration issue.

This is Jorge Bush/Juan McCain redux.