Immigration debate is good for GOP - "what hurts is the tone," says former Senator Norm Coleman

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The tone of the GOP's debate on immigration is harming the party with Latinos, said Republican Super PAC Congressional Leadership Fund Chairman Norm Coleman at a breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor.

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On Tuesday, November 29, 2011, Congressional Leadership Fund Chairman Norm Coleman and President Brian Walsh joined the Monitor Breakfast for a conversation with reporters.

Norman Bertram Coleman, Jr. is an American attorney and politician. He was a United States senator from Minnesota from 2003 to 2009. Coleman was elected in 2002 and served in the 108th, 109th, and 110th Congresses. Before becoming a senator, he was mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota, from 1994 to 2002. Previously a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), Coleman became a Republican in 1996.

Coleman's 2008 US Senate re-election bid, in which he was challenged by Democrat Al Franken and former senator Dean Barkley, was long unresolved. His term ended on January 3, 2009, and after a six-month legal battle in which he lost each of his contests, the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously declared Franken the election winner by 312 votes (out of over 3 million cast) on June 30, 2009, prompting Coleman to concede.

As of 2011, Coleman works as an adviser and board director with the Republican Jewish Coalition.

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[poindexterwitkowsky]

``^~^``^~Senator Mark Kirk (R) is actively seeking that Poland be included in the list of nations that participate in the Visa Waiver program.......Kirk argues that this will be a boon on Chicago's tourist economy since Chicago is home to the largest concentration of Poles outside of Poland. Chicago is also home to the largest concentration of Poles who came here on tourist visas& never returned to Poland.__ THE REPUBLICAN MESSAGE: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS OK AS LONG IT HELPS YOU GET RE-ELECTED.

[jurapilis]

I think your advocating censorship. That's not very helpful. We have a precious first amendment. I wouldn't be intimidated by you. Besides, I have a lot of respect for Tancredo.

[ChameleonLost88]

@Zscheesus I don't know and I don't care, and I certainly wouldn't vote for him. Most of what I've heard him say is BS to me. This point however I agree on. Republicans amongst themselves do need to look at the different problems that do come with illegal immigration in a way that doesn't lump the illegals with legals, and have more compassion for hard working illegals.

[misternu]

rofl, this guy is basically saying "I wish some republicans would stop being honest about our beliefs so that we could stop losing so many elections"

[TheInsidiousParadigm]

@Hulkmania316 Sadly, many Americans don't see it that way :/

[Hulkmania316]

Inmigrants work very hard and under terrible conditions to benefit the USA so they deserve respect.

[Licmycat]

@Alitari Are you one of the hybrids too? Did ur daddy abduct and rape a human woman to produce you? Are human earthlings products to aliens?

[ChameleonLost88]

I actually agree with what he is saying here.

[Alitari]

@Licmycat Every Alien born from an American is an American! Alien Queen for President!

[Licmycat]

How will our sky borders be protected? We're open wide there. What will you do when the aliens from another planet is revealed on invading and infiltrating our land, people, and offices? And if we find one as president, what the hell will we do?? After all, nobody is supposed to get that office that is not a citizen! There are official notes on that! I'm NOT kidding!