Immigration Plan Erodes Bush's Base »

June 2, 2007 05:17 PM
This past week, President Bush aggravated a conflict which was already tearing the Republican coalition apart -- immigration reform. In the process, Bush widened the gap between the business-country club wing on one side and the party's social conservatives and 'Reagan Democrats' on the other.
The immigration issue has festered within the GOP since 2004 when the President first put it on the top of his legislative agenda. The Senate is now debating an administration-endorsed immigration bill that has provoked widespread...

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