By Gary Johnson
President Obama said an amazing thing this week. He assured Latinos via Univision that he would have “five years” to address immigration — notwithstanding the fact that he has done nothing about it in his first three years.
At the same time, the surviving Republican candidates for president gathered in Arizona for a debate at which the leading contenders, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, went to their typical great lengths to prove that one would be “tougher” on illegal immigration than the other. Of course, in the process, they are continuing what appears to be a long-term project by too many Republicans to literally tell Hispanic voters to get lost.
Far be it from me, a two-term governor of a border state, to lecture a Massachusetts governor and a Pennsylvania senator on immigration. Or to point out the insult inherent in President Obama having sought the Latino vote four years ago with promises to deal with immigration — and now asking to be re-elected because he will fulfill that promise when he gets around to it in a second term.
President Obama said an amazing thing this week. He assured Latinos via Univision that he would have “five years” to address immigration — notwithstanding the fact that he has done nothing about it in his first three years.
At the same time, the surviving Republican candidates for president gathered in Arizona for a debate at which the leading contenders, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, went to their typical great lengths to prove that one would be “tougher” on illegal immigration than the other. Of course, in the process, they are continuing what appears to be a long-term project by too many Republicans to literally tell Hispanic voters to get lost.
Far be it from me, a two-term governor of a border state, to lecture a Massachusetts governor and a Pennsylvania senator on immigration. Or to point out the insult inherent in President Obama having sought the Latino vote four years ago with promises to deal with immigration — and now asking to be re-elected because he will fulfill that promise when he gets around to it in a second term.
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