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The headlines. how does it cut politically? >> well, this is one of these complicated issues that cuts lots of different ways in lots of different places. the lawsuit this week that the government filed, president obamas administration filed against the arizona law tossed out or at least temporarily stopped some of the most important elements of that law. it enflames the conservatives obviously who were upset about immigration but it also, you know, has the effect of the hispanic base, giving th...

Joining me now here in washington, peter baker, white house correspondent for "the new york times" and dan balz, national political reporter for the "washington post." thank you all for being here. let me start out with an immigration issue because its been a couple of weeks now in the headlines. how does it cut politically? >> well, this is one of these complicated issues that cuts in lots of different ways and lots of different places, right? the lawsuit this week that the government filed, pr...

Own base. they are precipitating a massive realignment of latino voters nationwide. we will talk about the politics of immigration with peter baker of the "new york times" and dan balz when we come back.

And it will -- the more conservatives on the republican side, tea party and others, it will push them to the polls. >> peter is right, although i think that the question this fall is likely to be that its going to give more energy to the right than to the left, than to the hispanic base. i think that in the short term this is helpful to republicans and conservatives in getting people, even more people out in the fall. over the long term, obviously, republicans have a greater risk at losing the l...

Things. im willing to push my party, but at the end of the day the democratic party has to be willing to push their base. and to the american people, immigration is broken and will never be fixed until we change our laws. our laws are broken. if you want to fix immigration, allow republicans and democrats to get in a room and do some good old-fashioned horse trading to get this thing fixed. if we keep yelling at each other, if we keep just saying no to each others idea, were going to have one th...

And it will -- the more conservatives on the republican side, the tea party and others, it will push them to the polls. >> peter is right, although i think that the question this fall is likely to be that its going to give more energy to the right than to the left, than to the hispanic base. i think that in the short term this is helpful to republicans and conservatives in getting people, even more people out in the fall. over the long term, obviously, republicans have a greater risk at losing t...

The hispanic base. hes going to make a strong push to show that hes trying to find a solution knowing that its very unlikely, almost impossible that congress could handle passing a major bill today. megyn: i said 16 points there is another poll that shows a 16 point decline. does the president have any chance of turning this issue around into all about the republicans? because now in addition to these other things hes come out and said hes encouraging supporters of an immigration congratulations...