Ron - At the risk of beating a long dead horse, I think the outcome of the election and what people will eventually do about illegal immigration has a lot to do with the shape of the economy in 2008. If those business forces who want cheap labor are strong enough to make their case credible at that point in time, they might get some Republican support. If blue collar workers are looking at layoffs, we very well might see violence in the streets.
             If I'm a technition who manufactures parts for small engines, for instance, and I'm drawing unemployment while an illegal alien is doing my job for pennies on the dollar, I probably will not support a candidate who wants to legalize that illegal worker.

             As it stands now, it seems to me that the fate of where sub-prime lending goes has more to do with the outcome of illegal immigration than any of the current players at the table, Democrat, Republican, or honest.