“The fact of the matter is that this nativist position “true conservatives” embrace is a loser politically.
Sorry mishu, saying it doesn’t make it true”
Curly, if what you say is true, and Mushu is wrong… then why isn’t Tom Trancedo the Republican Nominee? Why didn’t Trancedo garner support from 78% of Republicans, 63% of Democrats, and 66% of those not affiliated with either major political party the way your numbers say he should have? Why is he out of the race and not racking up unprecedented majorities in the primaries?
The poster boy for the anti-Immigration movement went before the voters, never got out of the single digits in polling, and then cut and run before the first vote was even cast. If his signature issue really had such overwhelming support, why would that happen? Why were the streets of New Hampsire and the cities of Iowa not filled with huge crowds waving Trancedo signs? Where was the massive popular support your numbers imply?
Where were the legions, nay veritable armies of supporters that your numbers imply exist out there? Where where the tens of millions of dollars of donations one would expect when one has 72% of voters thinking that your signature isssue is “very important”? Where oh where is the “Trancedo-mania”?
I’ll take this years primary election results as a better indicator of what the public thinks than last years polling numbers.
