publicity for a few hours, speaking to network anchors. really wasn't a serious initiative. what do you make that of? >> well, strategically it's a terrible thing to do. maybe in the short term they feel like they were going into the speech with good will, so to speak, because we're talking about compromise, trying to get really what has been an albatross of an issue to try to get fix ed in congress. we've seen democrats and republicans come together. we saw president george w. bush work with ted kennedy, john mccain to get t. they weren't able to do so. in the long term, the fact of the matter is if he does not stick by his pledge to try to compromise and get something done, then that's going to come back to bite him, even though he might have sent a dog whistle in that speech last night, you know, pushing forth a very hard line approach to illegal immigration. >> i just -- i don't think he was elected with a mandate to solve comprehensive immigration reform. so, i don't know -- i agree with you as a political strategic initiative for the republican party as reince priebus when he was rnc chair said, this is a