"Some other president could come around and reverse it".
that's it. He won't repeal it. He'll embrace it. His only concern is that what, some Republican will want to reverse it? Cause you know damn well NO president will reverse anything on hispanic rights for fear of losing that vote.
COuld this be the first thing that politicians agree on lately? Romney won't criticize the bill- only that Rubio didn't get to author it?
(Also this bill is a perfect example of the POWER OF THE INCUMBENCY. Obama can intro exec orders to undercut the 2012 Rubio impact and boost fundraising on any given friday afternoon.
Via POLITICO's Juana Summers, Mitt Romney weighed in on President Barack Obama's DREAM Act move in New Hampshire a short while ago in measured language hewed, on policy, closely to what Sen. Marco Rubio said on the topic in a statement:
"I believe the status of young people who come here through no fault of their own is an important matter to be considered, and it should be resolved on a long-term basis.
"I believe the status of young people who come here through no fault of their own is an important matter on a long term basis so they know what their future will be in this country. I think the action that the president took today makes it more difficult to reach that longterm solution because an executive order is, of course, just a short term matter. It could be reversed by some president."
"I happen to agree with Marco Rubio. He said that this is an important matter. We have to find a long term solution but that the presidents action makes reaching a longterm solution more difficult. If I'm president we'll do our very best to have that kind of long term solution that provides certainty and clarity for the people who come into this country, through no fault of their own, by virtue of the action of their parents"
Romney did not respond to questions as to whether he would reverse the order if elected.
Romney's language, like Rubio's, did not criticize the president in personal or political terms. He also did not slam the move as election-year politicking, which some did — a recognition that it's a complicated topic and that the language of the debate on immigration, as people like Jeb Bush have said repeatedly, is risky for Republicans.
It also underscores the topsy-turvy nature of the race this cycle, in which social issues have been less desirable to Republicans hoping to keep the focus on the economy, and more appealing to Democrats who seek it as a wedge.
Romney's own language in the primary was tougher on the topic of immigration, a fact that a number of GOPers have expressed concern about in terms of how he would tack back to the center on a key issue to Hispanic voters. He said he would veto the DREAM Act as it has been proposed in the past, but said he supported a path to citizenship through service in the military.
Bush recently described Romney as in a "box" after his hard-right tack on immigration, in which he supported the Arizona border law and spoke in harder terms than Newt Gingrich at some of the debates.
