media thinks immigration's hot, voters do not

....When asked to name their top priorities, the Iraq War
still tops the list of issues for both Democrats and
Republicans. "It's raised twice as often as the next-
ranking issue, the economy," according to a recent USA
Today/Gallup poll (11/30/07-12/1/07).

Another recent poll (L.A. Times/Bloomberg,
11/30/07-12/3/07) found only 15 percent of Americans
ranking immigration as one of the top three issues of
concern to them. In fact, noted L.A. Times columnist Tim
Rutten (12/1/07), "more than nine out of 10 Americans
think something matters more than immigration in this
presidential election."