Life must be pretty sweet if you’re an oppo researcher in the Romney camp right now. The immigration issue has created a big opening against Perry. And *someone* has just found Romney some neat old footage of a former Mexican president effusively praising Rick Perry for doing something the GOP base hates.The Texas governor is flopping around in the bottom of the boat after he said Republicans who don’t support providing in-state tuition to the children of illegal immigrants in Texas don’t “have a heart.” The line has become a real problem for Perry, and a real turn-off for the conservatives who used to be desperate for a Perry candidacy.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=106469