Romney bombs on 'Face the Nation' !!

[JDPriestly]

28. In addition to my general comments made earlier, I would like to note:

A. With regard to immigration, my congressman, Xavier Becerra, (and others no doubt) has been working for reform for years. He has a good plan. The problem is that conservatives including the clowns and extremists in Arizona have created a paranoid, hate-filled climate that does not permit any progress in Congress on this. Romney's promise to get a long-term solution is empty considering his own party has thwarted the slightest leniency on this issue. And it is mostly Republicans who have balked at the idea of making employers who hire illegals responsible for their conduct. The fact that she had hired an illegal and then treated the illegal maid cruelly was part of the reason that Meg Whitman lost her bid for governor of California. How many Democrats do you know who employ illegal immigrants? There are some, but not as many as Republicans, I would bet.

B. With regard to California raising taxes and Romney's promise to lower taxes and cut spending. Guess what Arnold Schwarzenegger promised Californians? Right. He was going to cut spending by eliminating the fat in the state budget. He failed miserably. He hired someone to study the books and couldn't find enough fat to balance the budget. So, Schwarzenegger floated bonds -- which Californians now have to repay in a depressed economy. Schwarzenegger's solution was a recipe for disaster.

When I hear Romney threaten the same "solutions" that put Schwarzenegger in the governor's office in California, I really worry. It is a "solution" that leads to disaster. It sounds to easy and reassuring, but it didn't work for Schwarzenegger and it won't work for Romney.