Comments on: Cautious Optimism About The Upcoming Immigration Vote http://www.eckernet.com/2007/09/cautious_optimism_about_the_upcoming_immigration_vote.html Pissing you off and making you laugh since 2002 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:55:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: J. Ewing http://www.eckernet.com/2007/09/cautious_optimism_about_the_upcoming_immigration_vote.html/comment-page-1#comment-3066 J. Ewing Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:25:15 +0000 http://www.eckernet.com/2007/09/cautious_optimism_about_the_upcoming_immigration_vote.html#comment-3066 Coleman is always a reliable make-up-your-mind-such-as-it-is-at-the-last-moment kind of guy, which of course is hard on the nerves, but he's mostly reliable to principle. That's 80% good and 20% bad, of course. What concerns me about this vote, as far as Coleman goes, is that it is attached to a defense bill-- a great strategy by Dems that makes it tough for R's to vote against. Even more worrisome is that I believe he holds to the principle that those who crossed the border illegally (or were born here of illegal parents) and have been "contributing to society" ever since shouldn't be penalized now. They shouldn't be rewarded, either, IMO, but that's a moral quandary that Norm is trying to resolve, I think. Coleman is always a reliable make-up-your-mind-such-as-it-is-at-the-last-moment kind of guy, which of course is hard on the nerves, but he’s mostly reliable to principle. That’s 80% good and 20% bad, of course.

What concerns me about this vote, as far as Coleman goes, is that it is attached to a defense bill– a great strategy by Dems that makes it tough for R’s to vote against.

Even more worrisome is that I believe he holds to the principle that those who crossed the border illegally (or were born here of illegal parents) and have been “contributing to society” ever since shouldn’t be penalized now. They shouldn’t be rewarded, either, IMO, but that’s a moral quandary that Norm is trying to resolve, I think.

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