Remember size of measure’s defeat

Once again The Register Guard’s editors have shown they are badly out of touch with Oregon voters on the issue of illegal immigration (“Move on immigration,” Nov. 14).

Did the editors read the election results in the Nov. 5 newspaper? Did any of them digest the voters’ crystal-clear message of Measure 88? Apparently not.

Up against what the American Civil Liberties Union called “an unprecedented coalition of supporters” that outspent opponents 11-to-1 in a deep-blue state, opponents dealt a 2-to-1 thrashing to the illegal immigrant driver card measure.

Now President Obama plans to issue what amounts to a massive amnesty for illegal immigrants. I expect Oregon’s entire congressional delegation will also ignore the voters and support the president.

I thought I’d seen the depth of arrogance and hubris in the Oregon Legislature’s and Gov. Kitzhaber’s efforts to ram the driver card measure down our throats. I was obviously mistaken.

In their Nov. 14 editorial the editors predicted a “formidable backlash.” At least they got something right.