In an interview with ABC News, Obama says he knows that Republicans will try to make an issue out of his support for drivers' licenses for "illegal" immigrants, but he’s not worried about it. He is, however, worried about Hillary's double-digit lead among Hispanics.
I agree with Sen. Obama that this is a public safety issue, I'm all for it, but I'd much prefer to have a Democrat in the White House. Here in Tennessee, Republican, Independent and conservative Democratic voters already think Obama and Hillary are flaming liberals. Just wait until they hear about this.
Isn't this the issue that brought about the downfall of former California Governor Gray Davis?
Republicans don't have to make an issue out of this in the general, all they have to do is get the word out, and the people themselves will make a huge issue out of it. So much for all those Republican and Independent voters Obama hoped to attract, not to mention the hordes of conservative Democrats here in the South. But, hey, as long as we are being charmed in the primary by the warm and fuzzy magical leader.
ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., told ABC's David Muir Saturday that his support for driver's licenses for illegal immigrants will not block his path to the White House because he and G.O.P. frontrunner John McCain share substantial overlap on immigration. . .
"With positions like this, it's easy to understand how Obama is labeled as 'most liberal' Senator," said Republican National Committee spokesman Alex Conant, referring to a study of 2007 votes by National Journal magazine. "It's a position that may appeal to the left-wing, but the vast majority of Americans reject. There's no question it may help in some primaries, but it'll hurt him in the general. To the degree that immigration will be an issue this fall -- and it will be -- so will Obama's unpopular stance on drivers' licenses." . . . During his interview with ABC News, Obama also brushed off the suggestion that his recent endorsement from MoveOn.org, the liberal anti-war organization, could undermine his centrist image.
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