The pro-amnesty folks are crowing at the defeat of Arizona state senator Russell Pearce, a leading immigration hawk. Soros-funded America's Voice says "The tide is beginning to turn," while the immigration coalition set up by the Alinskyite Center for Community Change writes that "anti-immigrant legislators will now have to think twice before pursuing anti-immigrant policies in our states."
Accuse me of whistling past the graveyard, if you like, but I don't think so. Yes, he lost fair and square, but there was a perfect storm of factors leading to that result that just aren't relevant elsewhere. First, the recall vote was an open election, meaning there was no primary, so it featured two Republicans running against each other in a race that Democrats could vote in. Which is why the SEIU pulled out all the stops to get out the vote for Pearce's opponent, Jerry Lewis.
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