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 5/10 Good --- weblogs.sun-sentinel.com http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/dcblog/index.xml
| William E. Gibson, who has been covering Washington for the Sun-Sentinel for nearly 25 years, writes on politics and policies that affect South Floridians. ... |
Thursday, May 01, 2008 --- 85 days ago http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/dcblog/2008/05/immigrants_target_2
 The pitch for immigration reform has turned more than ever into a political rallying cry to mobilize voters in this year’s elections.
Sharry
Immigrants and their advocates rallied in Miami, Sarasota and many other locales across the country today to flex their political muscles and pressure candidates to support comprehensive reforms that include a path to citizenship for the undocumented.
“Today We March, Tomorrow We Vote” is not just a slogan but a promise to sway the elections, organizers declared. They vowed to register and mobilize voters coast to coast in unprecedented numbers.
“The turnout of protestors today is but a taste of what is to come on Election Day,’’ said Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice, a new group that has turned reform into a more aggressive political cause.
Sharry had led the National Immigration Forum, a non-partisan group careful not to offend either political party.
But Sharry and other reformers have turned more strident and more closely aligned with Democrats after Republicans blocked reform measures in Congress. Even John McCain, the Arizona senator and prospective Republican nominee for president, has backed away from his own reform bill because of a perceived backlash from primary voters.
``Republicans who believe in using immigration as a wedge issue will be in for a surprise come November.” Sharry warned.
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