From ‘Broken Borders’ To Campaign Trail?

Wed, January 16, 2008 - 1:17 PM

A “draft Lou Dobbs for president” effort has been launched by a group that says Republicans John McCain, Rudy Giuliani and Mike Huckabee are wrong on the issue of immigration.

The better answer, the groups says, is voting for CNN’s Dobbs as an independent candidate. Dobbs’ voice in the immigration report can be heard discussing what he describes as the nation’s “broken borders” almost every night on his show, “Lou Dobbs Tonight.”

"Ninety percent of our supporters are behind either (Mitt) Romney, (Fred) Thompson, (Ron) Paul, or (Duncan) Hunter for President because they appear truly opposed to Amnesty for illegal aliens," says William Gheen of Americans for Legal Immigration Political Action Committee, in announcing the draft movement.

"Eighty four percent of our supporters say they would support Lou Dobbs for President, if the GOP primary fails to yield a candidate opposed to Amnesty,” he added.

Gheen’s statement noted that The Wall Street Journal reported on Jan. 7 that some people are dropping Dobbs' name as a potential candidate and that he is a self-styled "independent populist" who is reluctant to run, but responds to such suggestions with "I cannot say never.” Dobbs could not immediately be reached by Herd on the Trail Wednesday.

"Lou Dobbs could run and win because he could easily raise the funds and grassroots support he needs to be a historic and viable candidate quickly, suggested Gheen.

"Our Web site is designed to allow people to express their political support for Lou Dobbs, to show Mr. Dobbs what kind of support is out there, and to have some supporters organized, if he decides to run," he said.

The link for the site is here.

-- Billy House