One of Hillary Clinton's worst slip-ups in a presidential debate in the '08 cycle came around the issue of whether states should provide drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants. After some extended equivocating, Clinton came down on the side of "no."
This time around, she is supporting the policy, which has now been adopted by ten states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
"Hillary supports state policies to provide driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants," a campaign spokesperson told The Huffington Post.
And in case anyone has forgotten that October 2007 debate in Philadelphia, Elise Foley
brings it back to life:
Clinton had fits with the question. She said the New York proposal "makes a lot of sense," before adding that she did not support it. Her Democratic primary opponents on the stage let her have it, accusing her of deliberate vagueness and of wanting to have it both ways on the issue.
Then-Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) interrupted her answer: "No, no, no. You said yes, you thought it made sense to do it." Dodd opposed driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants. Then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), who supported such licenses, quipped that he couldn't "tell whether she was for it or against it."
About two weeks later, Clinton had a settled answer. "As president, I will not support driver’s licenses for undocumented people," she said in a statement, adding that she would push for broader immigration reform.
Okay. Looks like we're not doing that again.