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As a governor or senator, havent had real achievements, where in ted cruzs case hes shown his ability to fight whether its going after gop leaders or taking credit or blame for one of the shut downs recently that advocated house republicans to pursue. >> is he planning to let up on any early states? >> reporter: no, no, no. this is not about changing the emphasis on the early states, iowa, new hampshire and south carolina. its worth noting that, in the spring of last year, right after the 2014 m...

Up. >> he did put it on crack, though. the sense that it really got a lot louder. >> right. but the mid-terms in 2014 where there was a lot of immigration debate, marco rubio had a proposal in the senate much to his dismay now, probably. so donald trumps idea he brought it to the forefront i think is kind of out there a little bit. >> i think he lit it on fire. kevin? >> yeah. i think that mr. trump really did make immigration a central issue of the first debate. i think what was interesting was...

Much money in politics. no it is very rarely, except for a sliver of the electorate been something that is a persuasive or voting issue. you saw harry reid talk about the coke brothers endlessly in the 2013 mid-terms. the coke brothers are biking election. un-american, unpatriotic. it didnt really change much in the 2014 mid-terms. happened in 2010, the white house talked about campaign finance reform. so the problem is turning it from an issue that they actually vote about. >> so you dont just ...

Is he getting ready for a boxing match? >> going to beat up another black guy. >> i still think romney would have won. >> we have enough laws and enough rules and jedediah is right. there is no reason for you to force yourself to vote if you dont want to vote. keep your ignorance at home. do you think people are close to the issues? >> a lot of people who dont vote are young people who when they do typically vote with minority and immigrant groups, obama wants them to come out and vote because t...

About people who say he just hasnt done enough to represent what conservatives want. many others think its time to give john boehner a chance to work with a newly republican-led senate to maybe try to get things done. ronan? >> kelly odonnell, thanks so much. the president will meet with leaders next week but whats the first order of business with the new republican-led congress? drumroll -- keystone. they framed it this way. we have to ask, all that money spent on the mid-terms and jockeying fo...

At the top of the list, a priorities list in. >> look. obviously, there was a point here before this all got implemented. there was the budget battle. you know, they wait to the last minute. the argument is, oh, the government will shut down. what weve got here is an implementation of the hiring of a thousand new slids, blowing up the bureaucracy, another building they are paying rent on to fast track all of this dynamic through with the work permits and social security cards, et cetera. so that...

Consumer confidence is as high as that is been since the bush administration. clearly a lot of things are going well. whether it turns into political benefits for the president is an open question. how much he can gain considered the mid-terms have already happened is another open question. >> we reported earlier that nancy pelosi wants speaker boehner to insist that republican congressman, michael grimm, re-sign after pleading guilty of felony tax evasion. what are the real chances of that happ...

Administration. clearly a lot of things are going well. whether it turns into political benefits for the president is an open question. how much he can gain considered the mid-terms have already happened. >> we reported earlier that nancy pelosi wants speaker boehner to insist that republican congressman, michael gram re-sign after pleading guilty of felony tax evasion. what are the real chances of that happening. >> the republican party has tried to get rid of grim in the past. when he was firs...

Making the deal, its very striking after the very kind of mid-term defeat that he had. he emerged from this almost emboldened. >> part of me thinks he might be glad. take the immigration act. its perfectly example. prior to the mid-terms, he had to worry about democrats in louisiana. democrats running for office in georgia. democrats in north carolina. you have this regionally broad coalition you have to worry about. actions like that could harm it, fray it. they lost. >> well, you know, whateve...

Promoting free expression and internet freedom using technology and deploying technology is exactly right. we should be doing more of it. >> as an alumnus of this administration, pulling back to the big picture, what can the president accomplish as he talks to the press for really the first time he had a substantive long conversation where they can ask anything since the mid-terms. >> this president is very good at taking the longer view. he is very good at resisting calls for immediate action a...