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For governor in that state against a republican who is hispanic. but reid did not back down today. his campaign in a statement sayinsay i ing -- the list goes on but does not include immigration reform. reid, the senate leader, calling a special session tomorrow to send the president a house bill authorizing $600 million in funding for new border security measures, this after democrats failed to pass promised comprehensive immigration reform. politico reporting that president obamas unfilled pro...

>> those are also the four largest states in terms of hispanic population. if you add up their electoral votes, thats 54% of the votes you need to win the presidency. if the democrats can use this issue to get those votes, they start off in an awfully good position. >> if texas ever becomes a swing state, i dont know how republicans ever win the white house again. >> its true. >> michael, i want to ask you this. marco rubio, the likely republican nominee in florida for the u.s. senate, a cuban-a...

Going to be by omission allowing some of the more extremist elements that have been the ones vilifying our community for the last 18 months the opportunity to get elected. >> and to discuss those and about the gop, mrs. ang until nevada. how unusual is this for a congressional or a senate candidate, especially in a state that has 25% hispanic population, to not even bother to send out ordinarily routine news releases to let alone return foals from hispanic media? >> yeah. its not only unusual, i...

About the gop, mrs. angle in nevada. how unusual is this for a congressional or a senate candidate, especially in a state that has 25% hispanic population, to not even bother to send out ordinarily routine news releases to let alone return phone calls from hispanic media >> yeah. its not only unusual, its stupid. >> yeah. >> politically stupid. and, you know, but i think its part of a strategy, keith, that the republican party and the more extreme elements of that party have undertaken, first to...

Look, you are very, very critical of some republicans jumping on this bandwagon on sunday. i heard you say it, and ive noticed a lot of your former colleagues in the bush administration have been actually very silent on this issue whether its karl rove not touching it, jeb bush has yet to touch it, and youve been very outspoke been it. what do you think of a tim pawlenty? i was surprised to hear a tim pawlenty say that. >> well, i think its really a measure of the pressure that a lot of republic...

Are pro-hispanic. youre not just talking about shipping people back. youre telling voters who are citizens that were going to take your mother or grandmother or grandfather or father, and were going to send them back to mexico or guatemala or china because were going to change the laws. thats not a welcoming party. if you look at the four largest states in america, new york, california, florida and texas. >> yeah. >> those are also the four largest states in terms of hispanic population. if you ...

California, florida and texas. >> yeah. >> those are also the four largest states in terms of hispanic population. if you add up their electoral votes, thats 54% of the votes you need to win the presidency. if the democrats can use this issue to get those votes, they start off in an awfully good position. >> if texas ever becomes a swing state, i dont know how republicans ever win the white house again. >> its true. >> michael, i want to ask you this. marco rubio, the likely republican nominee i...

Michael, look, his campaign says hes against this idea of birth right citizenship. they have been very blunt about it, but as you just pointed out by tim pawlenty, it seems marco rubio was afraid to say that himself. >> no, i agree. i think republicans that oppose changing the 14th amendment need to be a little more forthright in order to provide an alternative voice. republicans have been arguing about this issue since the mid-90s where you had pete wilson doing proposition 187 and you had geor...

Forced into this kind of position, you know, by the political trends within the party and not just pawlenty but people like lindsay graham who has been a real hero on this issue from my perspective, supported comprehensive reform or john mccain. they are all feeling the same kind of pressures. it really shows where the party is right now. >> you know, roger, harry reid, who is in his own tough re-election fight, trying to frankly drive up hispanic support for himself. hes got a way to be blunt, ...

Very important face for the republican party if he wins a u.s. senate seat. he was asked about this, and what is interesting is how he tried to not answer the question. he was asked about the 14th amendment. he said the fundamental issue we need to focus on is border security. these other things are really not at this moment pressing issues. if you have a legal immigration system that works, these other issues take care of they will selves. otherwise you end up pursuing public policy that i dont...