Republican Voters are Smarter than Candidates on Immigration

Doyle McManus writes in the Los Angeles Times:

By the time the election rolls around in November, I’m betting the Republican candidate will sound more like the Mitt Romney of 2007. “The 12 million or so that are here illegally should be able to sign up for permanent residency or citizenship,” Mr. Romney said then, “but they should not be given a special pathway, a special guarantee that all of them get to stay here.”

There’s a lot of electioneering to come between now and then, and a lot of time for the GOP to do itself more damage. But this is an issue on which most Republican voters are more sensible than their candidates. Read more…

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