The Occasional Observer

Huck has the best ear for what the public likes of this GOP crop. Sensing the momentum Mitt's gotten from harping on immigration the last few days, he's trying to nip Mitt-mentum in the bud. This is a bold recommendation and one I heartily agree with:

Mike Huckabee wants to amend the Constitution to prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens, according to his top immigration surrogate — a radical step no other major presidential candidate has embraced.

Mr. Huckabee, who won last week's Republican Iowa caucuses, promised Minuteman Project founder James Gilchrist that he would force a test case to the Supreme Court to challenge birthright citizenship, and would push Congress to pass a 28th Amendment to the Constitution to remove any doubt.

Nothing like avoiding loaded language like "radical." I'm not sure what's so radical about the idea that people shouldn't be rewarded for breaking the law. I don't see how this proposal can possibly hurt, but it sure could be some more fuel for the Huckaboom.