americans do not support amnesty, especially without securing the border, as for abortion, flemming said, there is growing public concern about second trimester abortions, so we're actually gaining ground. congressman, if you look at the numbers on everything from immigration, the path to citizenship, to a woman's right to choose, to gay marriage, the polling is not on the side of the republican party as it is made manifest in congress today. >> i would also say the numbers are not on the side of any public figure in washington today, from the presidency to the senate. but here is the problem, this is a struggle within the republican party. after the 2012 sort of blow-out, we did have this post-mortem, you saw the anc come out with their report, i thought it made sense, we have angry white guys