Immigration Law

SURPRISE: IMMIGRATION IS GETTING MCCAIN VOTES

By Greg Siskind

Well this is really going to upset some of the strategists who've convinced a number of GOP candidates around the country that voters are quick to embrace knee-jerk Tancredo-esque anti-immigration positions. But guess what? The public is more sophisticated than the pundits give them credit and will actually reward candidates who actually try to solve problems rather than demagogue on them. Maybe that's why GOP voters are giving John McCain high scores on immigration. Now wasn't that supposed to be his Achilles Heel in this year's election? Here's the numbers from the latest Bloomberg/LA Times poll of GOP voters:

More surprisingly, 23 percent of respondents say McCain would do the best job handling immigration, an issue that has opened him up to criticism from Republicans who characterize his position as favoring amnesty for illegal aliens. McCain's closest rival on the question, Romney, got 14 percent.

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on January 24, 2008 (boomark / email).