house republicans fancy themselves of people with solutions of big national problems. at least that's what they say rhetorically. when it comes to fixing these problems, they seem to be awol from the field. >> steve, all politics are local. and they're not focused on 2016. they're focused on themselves in 2014. >> well, there's no question, the point that you made that jim made, is that house republicans, because of gerrymandering, redistricting, same true for the democrats, most house members are absolutely insolated from national public opinion. and we see that playing out very clearly in this. >> here's an amazing illustration of how far the gop has come since the days of party legends like reagan. a clip from the 1980 debate between reagan and george herbert walker bush. watch this. >> do you think the children of illegal aliens should be allowed to attend texas public schools free? >> today if those people are here, i would reluctantly say i