The race to the White House in the long summer months can be as much about keeping pace and treading water as can be about leading in any of the polls. In a modern culture where news, interviews, and sound bites can be immediately accessed from countless devices it is critical for a hopeful candidate to remain relevant more than anything else. Wednesday’s column, covering President Obama’s new, and considered by many in Washington’s conservative circles controversial, immigration agenda was also a point of contention with republican nominee, Mitt Romney- albeit it for not going far enough in his view.

Thursday, Romney announced he too had a new immigration plan that he is soon to reveal that would "put in place my own long-term solution that will replace and supersede the president's temporary measure." The details of which he has yet to specify but during the speech at National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida he expressed desires to make it easier for spouses of legal immigrants to join them within the states. Romney detailed his intentions of strengthening work visa access to lower-skilled laborers and going as far as granting green cards for any international student pursuing an advanced degree in the United States. He criticized the president for suggesting measures that he viewed as short-sighted, "As president, I won't settle for a stopgap measure." Vowing, "I will work with Republicans and Democrats to find a long-term solution. I will prioritize measures that strengthen legal immigration and make it easier.”