Do they even like Americans.....well ....they would be eligible for
Welfare, social services and that's your tax money...Why can't the
people in America ever vote on any Issue..
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In Israel they have been Cemet Walls on Wheels and
TV..Surveillance......Could you live in Mexico and get health care ,
get benefits and get jobs...?... there's always a Travel Advisory
about even going to Mexcio and theri Taxi Cabs......
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12 million that's a lot of burror poop.....
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maybe if the immigrants don't like Americans the rich shouldn't
import them to take care of the rich...
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Remember the Alamo and Davy Crockett......
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Why have any "Policy"
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When does America worry about itself...
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Why do People who don't like America come here anyway....there should
be a Discussion....of some kind if they don't .....whatever feels
best ..........
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maybe hard to undo the problems that thoughtless laws create..
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jn
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Republicans abandoning Bush
NBC/WSJ poll: President's, Congress' ratings drop to lowest levels
ever
By Mark Murray
Deputy political director
NBC News
Updated: 8:05 p.m. ET June 13, 2007
WASHINGTON - As President Bush attempts to revive the controversial
immigration reform bill he supports, the latest NBC News/Wall Street
Journal poll finds that Republicans are abandoning the president,
which has dropped his job-approval rating below 30 percent -- his
lowest mark ever in the survey.
But he isn't the only one whose support is on the decline in the poll.
Congress' approval rating has plummeted eight points, bringing it
below even Bush's. And just one in five believe the country is on the
right track, which is the lowest number on this question in nearly 15
years.
Republican pollster Neil Newhouse, who conducted the survey with
Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, argues that these numbers have
crossed below the political "Mendoza line," referring to the feeble .
200 batting-average mark in baseball. "With the mood of the country
dropping below 20, and the president's approval below 30, both are
candidates for a sort of political Mendoza line," he says.
In the poll, Bush's approval rating is at just 29 percent. It's a drop
of six points since April, and it represents his lowest mark ever on
this question in the NBC/Journal poll.
Democratic pollster Jay Campbell, who works with Hart, attributes this
decline to Republicans. Back in April, 75 percent of Republicans
approved of Bush's job performance, compared with 21 percent who
disapproved. Now, only 62 percent of Republican approve, versus 32
percent who disapprove.
This drop comes as Bush tries to resuscitate the comprehensive
immigration reform bill in the U.S. Senate, which has angered many
Americans -- particularly conservatives -- because they believe its
provisions allowing for a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants
amount to "amnesty." Bush and other supporters of the legislation
dispute that charge.
"This is a highly emotional issue," Bush said of the legislation while
visiting Capitol Hill on Tuesday. "But those of us standing here
believe now is the time to move a comprehensive bill that enforces our
borders and has good workplace enforcement, that doesn't grant
automatic citizenship, that addresses this problem in a comprehensive
way."
Campbell speculates that the debate over the Senate immigration bill
-- and the passions it has stirred -- is largely responsible for the
decline in GOP support for Bush. "It seems like a pretty good guess
that a large portion of the drop is immigration related," he says.
Also in the poll, only 23 percent approve of the job that Congress is
doing, a decline of eight points since April. That number is within
striking distance of the 16-percent rating Congress held in October
2006, just before Republicans lost control of both the Senate and
House in last year's midterms.
While Campbell says that the low approval rating reflects "poorly on
the Democratic leadership" in Congress, he wouldn't hit the panic just
yet if he were Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. "If these numbers were
popping up six months, eight months from now, then I'd be concerned."
Furthermore, the survey -- which was taken of 1,008 adults from June
8-11, and which has a margin of error of plus-minus 3.1 percentage
points -- shows that just 19 percent believe the country is headed in
the right direction. That's the lowest number on that question in
nearly 15 years.
By comparison, a whopping 68 percent think the country is on the wrong
track.
Campaign trail
Turning to the 2008 presidential election, New York Sen. Hillary
Clinton has widened her lead in the contest for the Democratic
nomination, while Fred Thompson -- the former Tennessee GOP senator
who has established a "testing the waters" presidential committee, but
who hasn't officially announced he's running -- comes in a surprising
second in the Republican field.
In the Democratic race, Clinton has a 14-point lead (39-25 percent)
over Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. They're followed by former North
Carolina Sen. Edwards at 15 percent; no other Democratic presidential
candidate registers at more than 4 percent in the poll. In April,
Clinton had just a five-point lead (36-31 percent) over Obama, and
Edwards was at 20 percent.
"It appears that Obama has not been able to follow up his initial
surge with a second act," says Newhouse, the GOP pollster. "Being an
'exciting and inspirational choice' to Democrats seems not enough to
overcome Hillary's experience and credentials."
"Hillary's lead has certainly strengthened," Campbell adds. "As of
right now, people seem to think she is the direction they want to go
in."
In the GOP field, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani leads the
pack at 29 percent. Fred Thompson comes in second at 20 percent, and
former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Arizona Sen. John McCain are
tied for third at 14 percent each.
"At this early stage of his candidacy, Thompson has become 'the
conservative' candidate in the GOP primary," Newhouse explains. "He
has picked up support from both Rudy and McCain... GOP voters give
credit to McCain for being experienced and having the credentials for
the job, but they seem to lack the passion for his candidacy they
showed when he ran in the 2000 primaries."
The top two Democrats, though, seem to have upper hand in potential
match-ups against the top two Republicans. According to the poll,
Clinton leads Giuliani, 48-43 percent (a reversal since March, when
Giuliani led Clinton by five points). And Obama tops Thompson, 50-31
percent.
Mark Murray covers politics for NBC News.
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