On Second Thought: Clinton endorses Spitzer plan.Here is Taylor Marsh] supporting Clinton, "
Russert Leads The Boys in All Out Clinton Assault" (empahsis added):
The drivers licenses question at the end obviously surprised Clinton. But when explaining Spitzer's plan Clinton once again showed something that her opponents do not get. She is willing to go to bat for our guy in New York, Elliot Spitzer, who has been trying to deal with the immigration challenge he's facing as governor. The same cannot be said for the rest of the group on stage standing next to Clinton. What's Spitzer supposed to do when Congress shirks their responsibility on the immigration issue? Clinton absolutely got caught up in the subject, but
she nailed, without flinching, what Spitzer is trying to do. It's obvious that most of her opponents not only weren't familiar with Spitzer's legislation, which lost out because no one would stand up with him, but were only interested in going after Clinton.
As an aside, I think this issue will ignite the wingnuts, just like the anti gay marriage amendments did in '04. I'm against illegal immigrants getting licenses as was proposed by Spitzer (too cumbersome, for one), but I fully understand and appreciate Spitzer had to do something because Congress is not. However, that's no reason to throw Spitzer under a bus. Clinton is getting hammered today, which I predicated, especially on the drivers license question moment, which came at the end of a withering assault from The Boys. But make no mistake about it she stood up and fought back for Spitzer.
October 31, 2007
"A Day Later, Clinton Embraces Spitzer’s License Effort."
That's the headline on a
New York Times piece which just went up at the paper's Caucus blog. It seems to suggest that Hillary has firmed up her answer on the question of whether she supports Eliot Spitzer's plan to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. But what exactly does she support? It's still unclear.
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I'm generally less sympathetic (perhaps to a fault) than other people to the constant complaints that Hillary won't say where she stands on key questions. But this one's puzzling to say the least. As Josh
noted earlier today, Hillary had lots of stuff to say about the policy problem Spitzer's facing. It would be nice to know whether she supports his proposed solutions. And we still don't.
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In aftermath of debate debacle, Clinton announces
she’ll support Spitzer’s effort to give drivers licenses to illegal immigrants.[/div>
From
Garance Franke-Ruta:
Perhaps I am not giving my fellow Americans enough credit, however, it seems to me that the Democratic presidential field last night just committed suicide en masse, with
Hillary Clinton the last to
swallow the poison by holding out until this afternoon to endorse New York Gov.
Eliot Spitzer’s proposal to give illegal immigrants some form of driver’s licenses.
Updated with last item.
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