Borderline voters

Politics: GOP rhetoric on immigration may be turning Hispanics away from a Republican Party that they had recently begun to embrace | Jamie Dean

Hispanic workers listen as McCain speaks.

When Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., stopped for lunch at Blake's Restaurant in Manchester, N.H., last summer, his presidential campaign was imploding. The candidate faced dwindling campaign funds and a growing problem: fierce opposition among many Republicans to the comprehensive immigration reform bill he was sponsoring in the Senate.

Across the restaurant sat Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., a presidential contender with a strident anti-illegal-immigration platform and the slogan: "This is our country—Take it back." Tancredo virulently opposed McCain's bill to provide a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, calling the plan amnesty. Spotting his opponent and an opportunity at the restaurant, Tancredo sent the embattled McCain a gift: a platter of nachos.

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