Per yesterday's post on whether immigration reform might create a split in the Republican party, prominent members of the GOP in Florida are signaling support for immigration reform, former governor Jeb Bush prominent among them. According to this post from Dave Weigel of the Washington Post, whose beat is right-wing politics, Bush will appear Thursday at a rally pushing for immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship. Bush and Florida gubernatorial candidate Marco Rubio, the newest conservative star, have also both blasted the controversial new Arizona immigration law.
We bring all this up because it is appearing that by the summer, when Tennessee's Republican gubernatorial candidates are going into the final stretch, immigration reform could well have replaced health-insurance reform as the dominant national political issue. There is a reason why they say one day in politics is like a year. Immigration has been very low on the totem pole in the looooong Republican gubernatorial primary, but Bill Haslam, Zach Wamp and Ron Ramsey might want to start testing out their messages and preparing to defend their record on it (Wamp, who as Congressman has consistently voted to restrict immigration, will provide the most fodder).
We bring all this up because it is appearing that by the summer, when Tennessee's Republican gubernatorial candidates are going into the final stretch, immigration reform could well have replaced health-insurance reform as the dominant national political issue. There is a reason why they say one day in politics is like a year. Immigration has been very low on the totem pole in the looooong Republican gubernatorial primary, but Bill Haslam, Zach Wamp and Ron Ramsey might want to start testing out their messages and preparing to defend their record on it (Wamp, who as Congressman has consistently voted to restrict immigration, will provide the most fodder).
No matter what you think of the law, boycotting Arizona businesses is ridiculous. The people don't make the laws.