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Voter nominations both to his cabinet and to the executive branch and, also, to the judiciary. 2005 up or down vote, nominees for cabinet and judiciary and executive branch. now, hes leading a filibuster, ryan. >> yeah, that easters exactly . if the republicans want to pick who the cabinet secretaries are, then they have to elect a president. they didnt win the presidential election, therefore, they -- i guess they should be thankful hes picking a republican. john mccain said earlier this is par...

Speeches every four years, and every time he did it, democrats just celebrated because it reminded the entire country of how they got to where they are. so i would assume that democrats would actually encourage dick cheney, keep coming on television, keep giving the american people advice, keep suggesting whats wrong with president obama because you can guess which side people will wind up on. >> ryan grim and julian epstein, thank you so much for joining us. next, the state of the u.s. econom...

Approach to cut this deficit, but why exactly do we need a balanced approach? its not as if the economy distributes its games in a balanced way. if over the last ten or 15 years wages had gone up equally and profits had gone to the top 1% in an equal way, then you can say we need to rein in the deficit. instead, it seems like all of the games go to the top 1% but when its time for pain, that were going to spread across. that we need to give to social security, medicare, medicaid and we cant touc...

With the nra working on these background checks to get states to release more mental health records into the national health system. >> we talk about these bills and one thing we dont talk about, ryan, is the dollars that might be behind it. theres was a bipartisan group of senators who put out a bill to beef up the nations mental health system. marco rubio, susan collins. but its going to cost $1.4 billion. having said that, does it have a better shot than some of the other things were talking ...

They pay taxes, they pay a fine, they learn english, they get to the back of the line, that is the best option. >> what about some possible middle ground? that is going to come up in the legislative compromising? >> i think the senate bipartisan committee has already the gang of 8 in the senate has already talked about immediate, temporary status which would give people work authorization. and then the question is, does the road to citizenship, is that a clear and direct road to what president o...

Conversation, very productive. we learned the president is leaning into it. he is aligned with us. he believes as well that the path to citizenship has to be a direct one, a real one and will show whether the republicans are legitimate about whether or not they want a path to citizenship or whether it is just politics. >> did he indicate to you whether he sees a legislative strategy for getting it through both bodies, house and senate? >> he expresses that he is optimistic, we all believe that t...

The road to citizenship, is that a clear and direct road to what president obama is saying, the senate bipartisan committee is saying is contingent on more border security? that is the piece we feel is a nonstarter. >> maria thank you for coming straight from the white house to "the last word." and ryan grim, thank you for joining us. thank you. the republican who is not afraid of dave. there is one, new jersey governor chris christies appearance on david letterman last night. coming up. a...

And really, the election showed that demographics are did he - asia pacific american vote at 75%, the majority of young people, african-americans voted for obama. theyre saying it is time we fixed the system. immigration reform has to happen, it has to be common sense and a road to citizenship is an essential component to that. >> ryan grim, where is john boehner on this? is he is a noncommital category? >> like he often does, he is playing it smart, kind of standing back and waiting to see what...

About allen west. and now that you have the business wing or the republican party reasserting itself, its always been the business with democrats. it dids business with bill clinton. but think about this. getting republicans to vote for a tax increase, just think about how hujs that was, what a huge, bitter pill that was to swallow for the republican party. they are losing power quickly because the country just isnt with them. and i think the karl rove wing is taking advantage and trying to take...

Immigration reform has to happen, it has to be common sense and a road to citizenship is an essential component to that. >> ryan grim, where is john boehner on this? is he is a noncommital category? >> like he often does, he is playing it smart, kind of standing back and waiting to see what happens. he realizes that house republicans are not going to drive this. john mccain, lindsey graham, jeff flake, the other republicans in the senate are going to hammer something out with democrats over the ...