Well, thats correct Snake, though then again, the economy argument, besides not wanting to alienate a possible voting bloc, is why Bush hasn't done anything real serious about the matter.

Besides, the GOP has been trying to expand its voting bloc into both black and hispanic groups, with mixed success on the previous, yet many cite that with the party's heavy swing into the conservative camp, that might have won the state of New Mexico for Bush in 2004.

Thing is, Bush doesn't want to piss those voters away in 2008 for his party....yet the question remains is this: If and when appeasement and commodation doesn't satisfy both sides anymore, who will the GOP have to settle with? Hispanics or their hardcore-traditional Rocky Mtn. Republicans?

Note that those two Democratic Governors in Arizona and New Mexico who basically sent the National Guard down to the border to "secure" it, which apparently scored well with voters and Richardson, the Governor of New Mexico, is cited by some as a possible Vice-Presidential candidate in 2008.

However, the GOP needs to worry about 2006 first...and with Abrahamoff pulling his best Clemenza(minus the slit wrists) impersonation in D.C., success or at least keeping their seats in the House or Senate won't be easy. Then again, can we count on the Democratic Party for pissing away an easy-grabbing victory again?