Immigration Issue Hardly Mentioned at GOP Convention
During the Republican convention, immigration was no longer the hot issue that it was during GOP primaries.
BY LESLEY CLARK
lclark@MiamiHerald.com
Miami Herald
ST. PAUL -- The issue that helped cement John McCain's vaunted status as a Republican maverick was all but ignored at the GOP convention: immigration.
Even as Florida Sen. Mel Martinez, showcased as one of the GOP's American Dream success stories, took the stage Thursday night, immigration rated a peep.
''We believe everyone has something to contribute and deserves the opportunity to reach their God-given potential from the boy whose descendants arrived on the Mayflower to the Latina daughter of migrant workers,'' McCain said in his acceptance speech. ``We're all God's children and we're all Americans.''
There was a brief mention Tuesday night when Sen. Joe Lieberman, a lapsed Democrat, took the stage to sell McCain to swing voters.
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