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Republican leaders balance politics and principle on immigration reform

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12-17-2012, 03:07 PM
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Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.), the chairman of the House Policy Committee, argued that “a vast number of Republicans are supportive of immigration reform.” He also asserted, as do many conservatives, that a significant proportion of the Latino population is simpatico with the GOP’s worldview on economic and social issues.

Lankford emphasized that as Republicans ponder whether to modulate their position on immigration reform, “the first consideration can’t be the political benefit.”

Yet he fears Republicans who supported any kind of sweeping reform would come under attack from their right flank while most of the benefit could accrue to President Obama.

“Whoever is president, they sign it and they get credit for it,” he said. “Some say that if Republicans push immigration reform here, we’ll get credit for it. That’s not true. The president will get credit for it.”

The answer, many Republicans and strategists believe, could lie in part with a shift toward supporting something akin to an expansive DREAM Act, without going so far as any deal involving a broader amnesty.
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign...gration-reform
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Racism is not a principle!
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who cares who "gets credit for it". If you're a man of principle and moral character, you'll do what's right.

Jesus, some of these politicians lack the huevos to make decisions on their own.....regardless of what their colleagues think.
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all they care is who gets credit. We, too, are human just like everyone else and we are not tools or objects!
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