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Officials have found a “foreign substance” at the Republican National Committee recently. Initial reports indicate that it may be either a “backbone” and/or “rational thought”. Results are still pending…

State Republican officials from across the country on Thursday will formally break with the desire of President Bush and other top Republican leaders to include amnesty and other benefits for illegal aliens in immigration-reform legislation.

So far, 47 members of the 168-member Republican National Committee have signed a resolution that unequivocally opposes the Bush-backed policy that would grant legal residency to millions of illegal aliens.

Wow, so you finally decided to listen to your base huh?? Or at least some of the state parties appear to be. Still no word on when President Bush and Department of Homeland Farkups Secretary Michael Chertoff are going to call those 47 people racists and claim they just want to execute all Mexicans. But I have a “gut feeling” that they might just choose to remain silent on this one.

The RNC’s Resolutions Committee is expected to approve the resolution at its Thursday session at the RNC annual summer meeting in Minneapolis-St. Paul, the site of next year’s Republican presidential-nominating convention. The resolution would then go to a floor vote on Friday by the full RNC membership, made up of an elected national committeeman and woman and the elected state chairman from each state and territory.

And I hope they do, because if so I know at least 47 people I want to join me for a beer at Keegans that evening.

But really is it that surprising?? Conservatives and the general public from all over the nation generated unprecedented levels up outrage over this latest attempt at amnesty and state party members couldn’t help but hear it. They see what the conservatives want and not being isolated in their ivory towers Washington DC, they have to respond. Or at least 14 state party chairmen did already….no idea yet on if Minnesota’s was one of those, I’m gonna try to work on that one. But I guess I’m a little surprise, and more than a bit concerned that only 14 have endorse the resolution. Afterall, ….

It is rare for committee members to defy the RNC’s leadership and a sitting president of their own party. But the immigration resolution is merely “common sense,” said Maryland Republican Chairman James Pelura.

“Americans have made it clear that they want the borders secured, respect for the rule of law, and absolutely no amnesty,” Mr. Pelura said. “We can do better. We must do better.”

Yes, we must.