re: #193 lostlakehiker

Tancredo’s wing of the Republicans is really far out there if Rick Perry is too liberal for them. I mean, too liberal? Perry?

He’s really damaged himself on the issue of in state tuition for illegal immigrant kids who grew up in Texas. The atavists really took offense at (correctly) being labeled heartless. He’s now in damage control mode:

Unable to escape the ire of his party, Rick Perry on Wednesday backed away from a controversial remark that questioned the compassion of people who opposed granting in-state tuition to the children of illegal immigrants.

At Thursday’s Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Fla., the Texas governor defended his decision to sign into law a policy that allows the children of illegal immigrants to pay in-state college tuition by suggesting that opponents of the policy “don’t have a heart.”

“I probably chose a poor word to explain that,” Perry said Wednesday in an interview with Newsmax. “For people who don’t want their state to be giving tuition to illegal aliens, illegal immigrants in this country, that’s their call. And I respect that.”