A little rambling, a little unclear as to whom, if anyone, it
actually applies. I’m sure there are some star kids of illegal
immigrants out there. But the idea that if we ‘help just one
person’ then a policy’s good is not a good idea. Romney positioning
himself as the guy in the path of a Rudy-Huck ticket? Would Huck
really have been picking lettuce? His compassionate appeal is
compassionate enough, but flies in the face of sound politics. Mitt
makes the attempt to hold the line. It’s the right line to hold.
But the tide of helpy heroism is strong in this culture, and it may
sweep all comers.