Yeah, yeah, they’re both Republicans.

 Yep, they’re both Mormons.

 Both tough on immigration (though Romney’s slow walking that one back)?  Check.

 And both side-stepped questions about  Obama’s de facto Dream Act.

 Say what?  You mean the fire-breathing Pearce and the “Tell me what I have to say to win” Romney both ducked the issue?

 Yep.

 First up was Mitt, whose response to Obama’s action was this:  We need a long-term solution to the problem.

 End of response.

 On Sunday, Bob Schieffer asked what that meant (having to have known, of course, that the Mittster wouldn’t say):

 “What is a long-term solution?”

 Besides blather about stronger borders, nothing.  Romney didn’t even come close to outlining the “solution.”  In other words, a typical Romney performance.

 Meanwhile, Pearce showed up on Channel 12 news Friday night, interviewed by Scott Light, who asked Pearce about the plan.

 Pearce gave a surprising response:  I don’t want to talk about that.

 So Light tried a different approach:  What do we do with the almost 800,000 younger illegal immigrants this plan could affect?

 Pearce:  No answer.

 What? !  What happened to Pearce’s mantra, “attrition through enforcement”?

 Nary a word about that.

 Why so?  Well, maybe Pearce is running a bit scared, maybe he doesn’t want to say anything that might bring out a heavier anti-Pearce vote in the upcoming primary.

 Maybe, like Romney, Pearce is afraid to say what he really thinks.  Now, that’s news.