NYT: mainstream immigration positions are "fringe"

The New York Times offers the editorial "The Amnesty Sideshow", which, as you might guess from the source, is wrong.

...on the volatile topic of immigration, Republicans are lurching, falling over themselves to convince voters that where they stand is not where they stood... While [the "fate" of a "bipartisan immigration bill"] is being decided in difficult closed-door negotiations in the Capitol, they and other G.O.P. hopefuls are on the stump, tying themselves in knots over "amnesty" and dancing farther out to the fringes of public opinion... Mr. McCain and his adversaries may believe that primary politics demands such behavior, but surveys of the larger populace tell a different story. Americans want the immigration issue solved, and they strongly favor "amnesty," whether you call it that or not. An array of recent polls show powerful support for an earned path to citizenship...

Obviously, the NYT thinks biased polls are more accurate than the realization being forced on McCain, Brownback, Giuliani, Romney, and the rest that "amnesty" - whether called a "banana" or not - is fundamentally unpopular out on the stump.

Immigration2007a · Mon, 04/30/2007 - 11:13 · · Importance: 1