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Dissent Among the Ranks?

Posted by Michael Link on January 9, 2008 at 01:16 PM

Yesterday I mentioned Huckabee's flip-flop on immigration. After his top immigration surrogate claimed he supported a constitutional amendment to deny birthright citizenship -- and after his campaign refused to back away from it -- they later put out a statement reversing his position.

Now the "surrogate," James Gilchrist, isn't talking. The Washington Times reported today that he "did not respond to repeated phone calls and e-mails yesterday asking about the discrepancy."

But, the piece continues, "in a 42-minute telephone call Sunday Gilchrist told The Times that Mr. Huckabee promised [a SCOTUS test case and an amendment to the Constitution]."

Said Gilchrist: "The guy looked me right in the eye."

The statement they issued clearly isn't enough -- the campaign still has a lot to explain.

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