This election is too important for the GOP to throw away. What a shame that George W. Bush is set on doing just that. This is from the New York Times coverage on the Republicans’ platform:

“On immigration, the platform supports Mr. Bush’s call for a new temporary worker program that would also be open to some current illegal immigrants.Republican strategists say that although the president’s proposals on immigration have largely fallen out of the headlines, the subject remains a delicate issue within the party. Loosening immigration restrictions offers an opportunity for Republicans to court the rapidly growing number of Hispanic voters while pleasing some big employers. But the measures face stiff resistance from cultural conservatives.Dr. Frist said, “The president has spoken, and there has been a reaction, and this is the first forum to debate it.” “There is a lot of misrepresentation of the president’s policy, that people can take shortcuts to citizenship,” he said. “There will be a lot of clarification of that.”

Dr. Frist is right about one thing. There has been a lot of misrepresentation about the proposed immigration ‘reform’. Unfortunately, most of it has been from the President.