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And what the senate is going to do, i think that members at that time were under the understanding and it seems its a good one now that the senate plan will be the pathway forward. they were discussing what the house would do, what members in the house, this 15 to 20 members, what they might be able to accomplish on the senate bill when it comes to the house. >> lets listen quickly here. i want to play some sound. this is from a top house democrat who seems to think cruz was pushing these house ...

Sanity, or would he just be throwing a hail mary, knowing that he is likely to not be able to move forward in terms of establishing real reform. >> i think running the math today, i dont see a pathway forward, even though this is something that republicans truly need if theyre really going to expand their tent. it seems that the tent is getting smaller and smaller. i dont see some of these tea party republicans getting on board, no matter what immigration reform looks like, if there is any pathw...

Which is more of a centrist body in regards to us, we have to have these things before moving forward so theyre obviously going to get some sort of concessions after they see the pathway forward. but if you get marco rubio on this alex and 75 votes, theres no way that john boehner cant put this on the floor. >> if this does pass, how it plays out. the afrlt p. writes today, legislatively one of obamas biggest second-term goals is to overhaul immigration laws, many republicans would like to deny ...

Rubio continuing to play to the far extreme right wing of the party. we know that any potential progress on a deal, this right wing of the gop will continue to brand it as amnesty for 11 million people, undocumented people. and they continue to perpetuate the problems, the stereotypes, the prejudice that exists for people in this country. and so we have to look at the progress that is being made. we see that there are folks that are working very diligently to find a pathway forward for 11 millio...

Really been offended by the fact that there have been leaks before, classified leaks, that they have taken umbrage with anybody pointing the fingers saying they did this on purpose. in this situation theyre going to get fingers pointed at them saying they did this on purpose to smoke out the people like marco rubio who would be adamantly against anything in there and also potentially to poll americans once they get informed about what is in the rough draft to figure out. >> what exactly auto cou...

You cant control the other variables. you wish and hope that you could, but in the end you cant. >> governor, the straw poll in iowa obviously was a turning point for you. you dropped out of the race the day following. it doesnt have anything significant in terms of delegate selection, it is symbolic, but its extremely expensive. you spent a lot of money there. a lot of effort there. and then if you didnt win, you said, you know, you didnt see a pathway forward. is the iowa straw poll becoming t...

Variables. you wish and hope that you could, but in the end you cant. >> governor, the straw poll in iowa obviously was a turning point for you. you dropped out of the race the day following. it doesnt have anything significant in terms of delegate selection, it is symbolic, but its extremely expensive. you spent a lot of money there. a lot of effort there. and then if you didnt win, you said, you know, you didnt see a pathway forward. is the iowa straw poll becoming too much of a challenge? and...

Value to the debate. you cant control the other variables. you wish and hope that you could, but in the end you cant. >> governor, the straw poll in iowa obviously was a turning point for you. you dropped out of the race the day following. it doesnt have anything significant in terms of delegate selection, it is symbolic, but its extremely expensive. you spent a lot of money there. a lot of effort there. and then if you didnt win, you said, you know, you didnt see a pathway forward. is the iowa ...

Of "the take." msnbc karen finny. and pete c. visiting from indiana a former spokesman for president bush and communications director for the indiana republican party. welcome, all of you. dan, im going to start with you because you write about this september to remember issue. some of us think its the august that drived the september to remember for president obama. you interviewed david plouffe who clearly felt the need he had to get out there with some sort of answer for the understand the ve...

Term radical mentioned in relation to this plan today. so how controversial is this all going to get on the hill? >> for democrats its going to be quite controversial, but you have heard a lot of criticism of republicans over the last few months, they dont stand for anything, theyre the party of no, they have no solutions. despite what you may think of this doum and dcument and despi fact it radically alters medicare and medicaid, this does have a pathway forward in terms of significant debt red...