No surprise. The illegal alien advocacy network is \u201cshouting from the rooftops\u201d that the defeat of Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce was a public repudiation of his stance on state-based enforcement of immigration laws and, particularly, his sponsorship of SB 1070. Not surprising and also not true.<\/p>\n
Whatever contributed to Sen. Pearce\u2019s defeat on Tuesday, it surely wasn\u2019t his immigration record. The guy who defeated him, Jerry Lewis, \u201cpolitical views \u2013 including his stance on immigration \u2013 are surprisingly similar to Pearce\u2019s,\u201d reports the Deseret News<\/a>. \u201cLewis believes Pearce’s Senate Bill 1070, which put immigration enforcement into the hands of local and state police, is a good starting point,\u201d reports The Economist<\/a>, although Lewis does say he believes that parts of the law were \u201cexcessive.\u201d<\/p>\n What differentiated Lewis and Pearce in the minds of the voters was style, not substance. Constituents grew weary of Pearce\u2019s combative style and opted instead for Lewis\u2019s Boy Scout image. As Lewis himself noted, \u201cI don\u2019t disagree with Pearce on much.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No surprise. The illegal alien advocacy network is \u201cshouting from the rooftops\u201d that the defeat of Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce was a public repudiation of his stance on state-based enforcement of immigration laws and, particularly, his sponsorship of SB 1070. Not surprising and also not true. Whatever contributed to Sen. Pearce\u2019s defeat on Tuesday,<\/p>\n