What's "more of an issue" depends on how you measure importance...if you are an politician looking at an actual issue that actually affects your constituency in a real and measurable way, then illegal immigration would barely make a blip on the radar...if you are a politician looking at what polarizing hot button issue can distinguish you from your opponents and garner you votes, then illegal immigration is high on your list in a place like Arizona.

That's also the explanation for the gigantic hullabaloo over what should be a 100% non-issue, that of abortion. Same with religion, though to be fair, that's all the abortion issue involves, too.

Fish on...

Todd

P.S. Checking in from Missoula, three weeks on the road starting yesterday