but exit polling showed it was a key issue for voters. the latino vote helped president obama win reelection. and today a poll shows 55% of americans support legislation that creates some kind of path to citizenship. americans are ready for reform. it looks like republicans led by marco rubio are still playing games. joining me tonight los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. he is with us this evening on the ed show. mayor, great to have you with us. i appreciate your time. great to be with you, ed. is marco rubio is a good leader for the republicans on immigration reform, in your opinion? well, let me say that i m heartened that over time he s said that he agrees that we need a comprehensive approach to immigration reform and not just a piecemeal approach. i m also heartened that they haven t that speaker boehner and mr. cantor haven t rejected it out of hand. i m not surprised by that i do
of consideration. maybe boehner and cantor don t want to pick sides in the debate over citizenship. but exit polling showed it was a key issue for voters. the latino vote helped president obama win reelection. and today a poll shows 55% of americans support legislation that creates some kind of path to citizenship. americans are ready for reform. it looks like republicans led by marco rubio are still playing games. joining me tonight, los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. he is with us this evening on the ed show. mayor, great to have you with us. i appreciate your time. great to be with you, ed. is marco rubio is a good leader for the republicans on immigration reform in your opinion? well, let me say that i m heartened that over time he s said that he agrees that we need a comprehensive approach to immigration reform and not just a piecemeal approach. i m also heartened that they haven t that speaker boehner
maybe boehner and cantor don t want to pick sides in the debate over citizenship. but exit polling showed it was a key issue for voters. the latino vote helped president obama win reelection. and today a poll shows 55% of americans support legislation that creates some kind of path to citizenship. americans are ready for reform. it looks like republicans led by marco rubio are still playing games. joining me tonight los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. he is with us this evening on the ed show. mayor, great to have you with us. i appreciate your time. great to be with you, ed. is marco rubio is a good leader for the republicans on immigration reform, in your opinion? well, let me say that i m heartened that over time he s said that he agrees that we need a comprehensive approach to immigration reform and not just a piecemeal approach. i m also heartened that they haven t that speaker boehner and mr. cantor haven t rejected it out of hand. i m not surprised by that i do bel
when you go to war, you would raise taxes to pay for it. i just think the republican party has to come to terms with the fact that this is not within the mainstream of america. even when they did polling on exit polling in 2010, the majority of the people, with the conservative electorate said raise taxes on the wealthy. whether you agree with that or not, i m telling you that s the country they just did, kirsten. megyn: raised taxes on everybody, and a lot of people were surprised to find out it wasn t just the rich and people are still complaining about the fact. that s right. megyn: that they lost, a nice chunk of their paychecks, a lot of folks around here, we won t look, we don t want to look at our paychecks and know how much has come out. not just the rich folks. anyway, that s a debate for another day. ladies, thank you very much. a pleasure, thank you. megyn: a possible change in d.c. school standards shining new light on whether students are coming up short in am
for less spending and at the same time, not sound hostile to women and minority voters vj. dana, when you look at the exit polling from november s election, republicans lost african americans by 87 points. lost hispanics by 44 points. if you were in williamsburg, how would you turn this around? here s what i wouldn t have done, reverend al. they had this session on reaching out to minorities and they held it in a room named for slave plantation which the only thing better than that would be if they have the breakout sessions after that and all retired to lunch in the bull connor ballroom. it is the whole concept is if