A handful of losers in New York and Washington believe they know better what is good for the Republican party and the USA than most of the people who live in the heartland of America, who have to deal with the consequences of illegal immigration. The editorial board of the WSJ are among the worst:
Immigration and the GOP How to make Republicans a minority party once again
Immigration reform stayed alive in the Senate yesterday, albeit not without continuing rancor among Republicans. Restrictionists seem to believe the issue will harm the GOP if it succeeds, but we think the political reality is closer to the opposite: The greater danger for Republicans is if it fails.
We've written often about the merits of immigration reform, and we have our own problems with parts of the Senate bill. But it's worth spending some time on the larger politics of the issue, especially for Republicans. They're caught between a passionate minority of their party--who oppose any reform that allows illegals a path to citizenship--and the larger electorate, which is more moderate and wants to solve the problem. Like Democrats on national security, this is a classic case in which pandering to the base will harm the GOP overall.
First of all, its not a minority who oppose the ridiculous amnesty for lawbreakers. A majority of Republicans (and Democrats and Independents) are against it.
Second, it is not clear that the Republicans will pick up very many Hispanic votes by passing this legislation. I hear many Hispanic US citizens speaking out against this. And even if they do, it will be at the expense of losing almost every Anglo vote that they once had. Perhaps they can rename it La Raza Republicana, or something like that.
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