A pretty sharp guy walking up the MA State House once explained to me why Charlie Baker was struggling to win over voters on the charter school referendum up for a vote at the time. He explained that voters didn't trust Republicans on issues impacting public schools in the same way that voters didn't trust Democrats on cutting government waste and it was very hard to regain credibility when you were playing to type. I always wonder what happened to that guy.
Exactly, not only did, as you noted, voters favor the GOP 60-40 on immigration, but it was the strongest margin they had on any issue, being also ahead on crime and economy by lesser degrees, where the Dems were favored on environment, abortion, and healthcare.
The idea that you can violate the law and because you succeeded on entry, nothing should be done is just a denial of rule and law. And to the extent that I dont favor mass roundups or inhumane treatment the Dems have dug themselves in a hole on this issue.
One of the reasons for Harris' loss is she refused to even address it. The administration did close the border in June 2024 by implementing a remain in Mexico policy. If that was a wise choice then how can they defend the prior policy that admitted record numbers of illegal border crossings. The driver for that was the pretext of asylum, as if anybody would not ask for asylum if it meant gaining entry, as opposed to swimming rivers and crossing desert, or being deported.
A pretty sharp guy walking up the MA State House once explained to me why Charlie Baker was struggling to win over voters on the charter school referendum up for a vote at the time. He explained that voters didn't trust Republicans on issues impacting public schools in the same way that voters didn't trust Democrats on cutting government waste and it was very hard to regain credibility when you were playing to type. I always wonder what happened to that guy.
Exactly, not only did, as you noted, voters favor the GOP 60-40 on immigration, but it was the strongest margin they had on any issue, being also ahead on crime and economy by lesser degrees, where the Dems were favored on environment, abortion, and healthcare.
The idea that you can violate the law and because you succeeded on entry, nothing should be done is just a denial of rule and law. And to the extent that I dont favor mass roundups or inhumane treatment the Dems have dug themselves in a hole on this issue.
One of the reasons for Harris' loss is she refused to even address it. The administration did close the border in June 2024 by implementing a remain in Mexico policy. If that was a wise choice then how can they defend the prior policy that admitted record numbers of illegal border crossings. The driver for that was the pretext of asylum, as if anybody would not ask for asylum if it meant gaining entry, as opposed to swimming rivers and crossing desert, or being deported.