Good Reporting Gets Kean

State Senator Tom Kean Jr. might face trouble in the fall on the issue of immigration. Although he previously was quoted as having a relatively liberal stance, Kean, when prodded on the issue at a press conference, expressed support for the deportation of approximately 11,000,000 illegal immigrants nationwide.

Now, is Kean flip-flopping on this issue, or has he always been a hardliner? The Bergen Record quoted him endorsing "not deportation, but a $2,000 fine for violating U.S. law, paying back taxes, and going to the back of the line to obtain legal status."

It is because of articles like this by the Bergen Record that politicians are forced to form solid positions on issues.