Oh, not my advice. I wouldn’t dare offer our Leader tips on how to improve his popularity. Not being a Republican, I am not worthy.
No the advice I desperately want Our Presznit to take comes from the 2004 Blog of the Year (according to Time magazine), Powerline, and specifically from John Hinderaker. It’s so good, let me just post the best parts for you here:
Give a major speech in prime time. Say that you still think that a long-term solution to the immigration issue should include a guest worker program. Acknowledge, however, that many Americans disagree and there is currently no consensus on a long-range policy. Say that, more fundamentally, you’re now convinced that our first priority has to be getting control over our borders. Until we control our borders, and know who is coming and going, any immigration policy we may announce will be meaningless anyway.
If you really want to get the conservative base back in your corner, go and meet with the Minutemen–on camera–and tell them you appreciate what they’re doing.
Oh yes, by all means, PLEASE go meet with the Minutemen ON CAMERA. Nothing will help your ratings more than implying you support a racist organization whose membership includes white supremacists and other bigoted, right wing radical extremists who just want to kill Mexicans. By the truckload.
I’m sure none of your Hispanic supporters will mind. John Hinderaker thinks its a good idea, and he’s never wrong. So go ahead.
Just do it.
(Hat tip to Dave Neiwert at Orcinus)