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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (2752)	6/7/2006 4:36:46 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224708

Dems better rethink illegals issue:California's message: Immigration will be key midterm theme DEL MAR, California (CNN) -- Republican Brian Bilbray, who on Tuesday won the 50th District House seat held by convicted former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, said opposing Bush on immigration turned his campaign around. (Watch why California sends a national political signal) "The president proposing amnesty was absolutely a big problem," Bilbray said. "In fact, it wasn't until I was able to highlight the fact that I did not agree with my friends in the Senate or my friend in the White House on amnesty that you really saw the polls start supporting me strongly." A bill backed by Bush and passed by the Senate would create a guest worker program and a "path to citizenship" for illegal immigrants living in the United States that House conservatives say amounts to amnesty. Bush is traveling the nation this week promoting both that bill and compromise talks between the Senate and the House. A House bill passed in December establishes stronger punishments for illegal immigrants. Bilbray's Democratic challenger Francine Busby ran a relatively strong race, with late returns showing Bilbray with 49 percent to her 45 percent. In 2004, Bush carried more than 55 percent of the vote in the district, and Cunningham won more than 58 percent. Despite her defeat, Busby claimed a moral victory in a Republican stronghold which lost its congressman in a bribery scandal. Bilbray's victory likely gives him an advantage over Busby in November when the two opponents will square off again to win a full two-year term. Political analyst Stuart Rothenberg said Bilbray's win should not be viewed as a sign that Democrats have no chance of taking back control of Congress. "On the one hand there is clearly relief and a sense of hope for Republicans in November," Rothenberg said. "On the other hand, they have got to be concerned about the Republican drop off and Democrats have got to figure they are still headed for a good year." Republicans immediately sought to dampen any speculation about a forthcoming Democratic wave and suggested that House races are not subject to national moods. "National Democrats did not discover their shockwave in San Diego," National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Reynolds declared in a statement released by his office Wednesday morning. "National Democrats must come to terms with the fact that momentum for the midterm elections will not materialize simply because they preordain it in the media or because they ask their special interest friends to buy it for them."