By Roy Beck, Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 11:03 AM EST — posted on NumbersUSA
Sen. Evan Bayh’s (D-Ind.) surprise retirement announcement sets up the possibility that the more restrictionist candidate in the general election to replace him may be the Democrat …
The Republican darling of the GOP establishment and the media is former Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.). And he is thought to have a strong edge to beat whomever the Democratic candidate is.
But the career immigration record of Republican Coats is a "D" — compared to a "C" for Democrat Bayh.
That compares badly with the three Indiana Democratic Congressmen who might win the Democratic slot. Here they are (with career immigration grade):
We've noticed this before — it’s a sign of the bipartisan nature of the problem and the non-partisan nature of organizations like VDARE.com and NumbersUSA. To give you an idea of how this can work out, when Al Gore was a Tennessee Congressman, he had an A- record on immigration, whereas Fred Thompson, an arch-conservative from the same state, had a C.
Of course Al Gore had to change once he went national — and a Democratic immigration moderate might still be part of a Democratic supermajority in a party committed to amnesty, and better at enforcing party discipline than the party of John McCain.
