The Politics of Parsing - Part 2

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From MSNBC's First Read:

In an interview with CNN’s Candy Crowley yesterday, Clinton was once again asked whether she supports giving drivers’
licenses to illegal immigrants. And once again, she didn’t really answer the question.

CROWLEY: If I wrote a story that said: "Absent a broad illegal immigration bill, Hillary Clinton agrees about giving driver's
licenses to illegal immigrants," is that correct?

CLINTON: No. What I have said is that I support what governors are trying to do. And governors are on the front lines
because of the failures to get comprehensive immigration reform. There are already eight states that issue driver's
licenses without any verification of citizenship. That is a decision that the governors and legislatures and the people
of those states have made. I understand…

CROWLEY: But you see why people think…

CLINTON: Well, but you know, Candy…

CROWLEY: … that you are not answering the question.

CLINTON: Well, but you know, Candy, well, but I think that if you go back and look at the complexity of this issue, I
don’t think a lot of these hard questions lend themselves to raising your hand. And I know that that’s easier in a 30
second context to try to do.

A look at nearly everything she has said on the subject since October 16 -- which adds up to a lot more than 30 seconds -
- shows that she actually has been pretty consistent in her answer: Generally, she supports what governors like New York’s
Eliot Spitzer are trying to do. But she also has been pretty consistent in giving non-answers on whether she, personally,
supports giving drivers’ licenses to illegal immigrants.

Numerous quotes from what Clinton has said on the matter are at http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/07/453457.aspx

It's quite a read.