GOP hits 2008 candidates on illegal aliens The Washington Times ^ | 8-16-07 | Stephan Dinan Posted on 08/16/2007 8:15:53 AM CDT by JKrive The Republican Party's national chairman scolded his party's two top presidential candidates this week for their tough stance on illegal immigration, even as both men moved to try to one-up each other in calling for stricter enforcement. Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida, President Bush's handpicked choice for party chairman, chided former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani for opposing and mischaracterizing the Senate immigration bill Mr. Martinez helped craft. "It's about leading on the tough issues," Mr. Martinez told the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce in comments first reported in yesterday's St. Petersburg Times. "It was easy to say, 'This wasn't good enough, this isn't right, I don't agree with Martinez.' ... But at the end of the day, what is your answer? How would you solve this?" His criticism comes as illegal immigration has become for Republican candidates what the Iraq war is for Democrats: a chance to compete to take the hardest line. And just as with the Democrats on Iraq, the immigration debate includes veteran lawmakers, such as Arizona Sen. John McCain, whose earlier positions are coming back to haunt him among the party's base. (Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
It was posted yesterday!
See my post#16 where I show the exchange.
Martinez does not criticize their “harsh stance” on illegal immigration. He criticizes their attack of the bill without offering alternatives (which is not true, both offered alternative ideas).
This is the MSM trying to drive a wedge in the Republican Party over nothing.
Martinez has been discredited before these statements.