Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Hillary Clinton: She is for Driver's Licenses for Illegal Aliens Before she is Against Them
Last week, she thought it made sense to give illegal aliens driver's licenses. Then she looked at the polls, and saw that kind of shit won't sell.
Now, she is against them.
Perhaps the Downies should just nominate John Kerry again.
Clinton Says No to Licenses for Illegals
As we predicted here, this will be Hillary Clinton's doom. After John Kerry's flips and flops in 2004, anyone who runs that kind of campaign is finished.
Last week, she thought it made sense to give illegal aliens driver's licenses. Then she looked at the polls, and saw that kind of shit won't sell.
Now, she is against them.
Perhaps the Downies should just nominate John Kerry again.
Clinton Says No to Licenses for Illegals
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday came out against granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, after weeks of pressure in the presidential race to take a position on a now-failed ID plan from her home state governor.
Clinton has faced criticism from candidates in both parties for her noncommittal answers on New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's attempt to allow illegal immigrants in his state to receive driver's licenses. Spitzer abandoned the effort Wednesday.
"I support Governor Spitzer's decision today to withdraw his proposal," Clinton said in a statement. "As president, I will not support driver's licenses for undocumented people and will press for comprehensive immigration reform that deals with all of the issues around illegal immigration including border security and fixing our broken system."
Clinton stumbled when asked about the issue during a Democratic debate two weeks ago, and her new position comes the day before another debate where opponents are expected to raise the issue again.
Rival campaigns made clear they were not letting go of the issue.
"When it takes two weeks and six different positions to answer one question on immigration, it's easier to understand why the Clinton campaign would rather plant their questions than answer them," said Barack Obama spokesman Bill Burton, referring to the Clinton campaign's admission that aides had staged a question for her at an Iowa event.
Colleen Flanagan, a spokesman for Chris Dodd, called Clinton's position "flip-flopping cubed. She was for it before she was against it, before she was for it, before she was against it."
As we predicted here, this will be Hillary Clinton's doom. After John Kerry's flips and flops in 2004, anyone who runs that kind of campaign is finished.
