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Executive order. the answer is that i will put in place my own long-term solution that will replis and supersede the presidents temporary measure. as president, i wont settle for stopgap measures. ill work with republicans and democrats to build a long-term solution. >> leslie, did he offer today that which you thought he needed to close that gap in the latino community? >> i did. i think many analysts, many folks are saying he had to speak specifically to the immigration issue. i think what gov...

The policy on cbs yesterday. >> would you repeal this order if you became president? >> lets step back and look at the issue. first of all, we have to secure the border. i dont know why he feels stopgap measures are the right way to go. >> what would you do about it? >> as you know, the president for the last three and a half years did nothing on immigration. >> would you repeal this? >> well, it would be overtaken by events, if you will, by virtue of me putting in place a long-term solution. >>...

You pass what you believe. the senate passes what they believe. you compromise. that isnt happening because the president and his party leaders in the senate are refusing to do anything to address this debt crisis. whats going to happen at the end of the year i think will largely be determined by who wins this election. this election is going to be a great choice of two -- the presidents approach or the idea offered by governor romney. the country will choose. i think that will decide what ends ...

This debt crisis, to deal with this tax explosion that happens at the end of the year. more importantly hes disavowed any other alternative. thats how you get to compromise, david. you pass what you believe. the senate passes what they believe. you compromise. that isnt happening because the president and his party leaders in the senate are refusing to do anything to address this debt crisis. whats going to happen at the end of the year i think will largely be determined by who wins this electio...

Of the money? working class people. >> only a minute left and i dont want to get away, until we talk about housing prices. home prices have also changed. the one area you want to see them go up and unfortunately theyve done down from 169,000, basic overall housing price to 146. that is down 14%. >> right. lets be clear the president inherited a bad hand here as well and inherited a housing bubble that popped. the question is, has his policies made a bad situation worse? i think in the meantime, ...

Home prices have also changed. the one area you want to see them go up and unfortunately theyve done down from 169,000, basic overall housing price to 146. that is down 14%. >> right. lets be clear the president inherited a bad hand here as well and inherited a housing bubble that popped. the question is, has his policies made a bad situation worse? i think in the meantime, a lot of stopgap measures to try to prevent housing prices from going down and one thing about the markets, they are brutal...

I dont even necessarily disagree with them, by the way. these are temporary, stopgap measures. the real issue is a multi-trillion dollar extraction through a trade deficit, a tax code that looks like swiss cheese, and a banking system thats fundamentally corrupt in purchasing our government, so that well subsidize a $700 trillion swaps market. so i agree with them. heres where i have issue with the republican rhetoric. they say, okay, these short-term stopgap measures that are only short-term --...

Budget has quickly morphed into something far less since by the time the current stopgap measures expire the fiscal year will already be halfway over, a circumstance the gop is blaming on democrats for not getting the budget through last year. >> you will not have the right to willfully disrupt the proceedings of the peoples house, but you will always have the right to a robust debate in an open process that allows you to represent your constituents to make your case, offer alternatives, and be ...