The field of GOP hopefuls for the 2012 presidential race may have just lost a wannabe:
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour made the case Sunday on Fox News that his career as a high-powered federal lobbyist for domestic corporations and foreign governments would be an asset if he ran for President in 2012.
But Barbour left out one detail:
According to a State Department filing by Barbour's former lobbying firm, The Embassy of Mexico decided to retain Barbour's services on August 15, 2001, to work on, among other things, legislation that would provide a path to citizenship for foreigners living illegally in the United States—what opponents of immigration reform call “amnesty.”
... Since then, Barbour has maintained his support for providing a path to citizenship for those immigrants who are now living in the U.S. illegally.
"A lot of it is just common sense. And common sense tell us we're not going to take 10 or 12 or 14 million people and put them in jail and deport them. We're not gonna do it, and we need to quit — some people need to quit acting like we are and let's talk about real solutions."
The article concludes by wondering whether such a stand will "play well" in a Republican primary. Apparently the writer hasn't been paying attention, because for Republicans, immigration reform means demanding proof of citizenship from brown people in Arizona and building a danged fence.