Posted on 05/18/2007 3:46:39 PM PDT by DBCJR
Good news for John McCain: The Iraq war, for the moment, isn't the top political issue in the news.
Bad news for John McCain: It's been replaced by immigration. Thanks to a bill with his name on it — right next to Ted Kennedy's.
The deal ... may not become law, but even the chance of progress has left many conservatives incensed. The day after the deal, the web site of National Review... had no less than nine articles criticizing the legislation.
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But there's a lot more here that could rankle conservatives who are already suspicious of McCain. The group of senators involved will resurrect memories of the "Gang of 14" that included McCain and subverted an effort in 2006 by Republican leaders in the Senate to end filibusters of judicial nominees. Nor will McCain win any votes for being on same side as Kennedy...
While McCain will be the candidate most directly affected by the deal, he won't be the only one to feel an impact. Rudy Giuliani has endorsed an immigration policy similar to that backed by McCain.
Who benefits? Probably Mitt Romney, who directly criticized the McCain-Kennedy bill in Monday’s GOP presidential candidate debate and said the deal struck on Thursday was "the wrong approach," adding that it "falls short of the actions needed to both solve our country's illegal immigration problem and also strengthen our legal immigration system."
And who's the most frustrated? We're guessing Reps. Tom Tancredo and Duncan Hunter, who have been sounding the alarm to conservatives on immigration for years but will probably see their thunder stolen by Romney, a far more viable candidate.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
Couldn't further hurt my already low opinion of the egomanic I call MeCain!
What if the criminal aliens, crooks, terrorists and narco-gangsters don’t want amnesty? Why should they? Wouldn’t they have to pay taxes? How can you force criminals to become citizens? Why would you? If these people really wanted to be real citizens they wouldn’t use phony ID’s.
Ya think!! Not that most conservatives want anything to do with McCrazy after 2000 or McCain/Feingold, anyhow...
Call/email/write/fax and say NO to Amnesty!!
U.S. Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121
U.S. House switchboard: (202) 225-3121
White House comments: (202) 456-1111
Find your House Rep.: http://www.house.gov/writerep
Find your US Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Once again the leftist media is desperately trying to keep real conservatives marginalized. “a far more viable candidate” my foot.
MCCain really never had a chance anyways.
*cough* RINO *cough*
Here’sa the winning GOP recipie - run on border enforcement with NO amnesty. Every swing voter in the country will be yours.
Nope. It cannot. John McCain is deluding himself if he still thinks he has a snowball’s chance.
IMO, McCain is toast. None of the conservative talk show hosts like him which ain’t good!
Oh, McCain’s holding hands with Teddy Kennedy and cutting a deal didn’t hurt his reputation at all with informed Republican voters, we have coem to expect this from MCCain.
Duncan Hunter needs to take McCain on publically on this issue. This is no time to be timid, he can move McCain right out of the top tier and take his place as a legitimate candidate for POTUS. You listening Duncan? Take McCain on NOW!
We need a conservative who isn’t politically-correct; doesn’t care about polls; has the spine and moral fiber to stand up to Liberals and the MSM; and loves his country and respects our heritage. Anyone fit those qualifications?
Gee! Ya think? McCain's rep couldn't get much lower with conservatives, but he is somehow trying to drive it down further.
Run! Fred! Run!
Duncan Hunter is the man you’re looking for.
McCain is stewed and screwed..
Are sub-zero poll numbers possible?
Hear Fred Thompson on illegal immigration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQLFfTd2l44&mode=related&search=
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