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Joining me now, kevin madden, republican strategist and cnn political contributor debut appearance with that title. jackie calmes, corey dad and paul begala, thank you all for being here. i want to talk about the kind of clash of, you know, elections are always won by whoever controls the conversation. so how do republicans control the conversation in what seems like the negative, kevin? in other words, do they just keep going on the scandals, or have they got to address the economy, yeah, it's better but not great. >> you always have to talk about the economy. that's still the main driver of ...

Corey dade and paul begala. corey, so you, looking towards 2016 and even 2014, where can mitt romney be useful? >> good question. >> okay then. >> well, i mean, it's been bourn out already. romney's political coattails are questionable. so on the idea that he's going to throw his political support behind anyone, maybe even campaign for them, some of those would-be candidates might be the same, thanks but no thanks. >> kevin, you worked for mitt romney. >> i will respectfully disagree. >> please do so. >> look, mitt romney in 2012, a lot of people don't know this, but when you look at the data ...

Senate, were rated one of the worst in history in terms of productiveness for the congress that ended last year. they need to produce something this year. >> but, corey, realistically, what can the republican house produce that the democratic senate will approve. >> immigration is about the only thing out there that will help the republicans. now, the question is whether or not immigration will actually be sort of an omnibus legislation coming out of the house or a series of piecemeal legislation. the piecemeal won't get it for the broader public. they want something, polls show they want some...

It's moving in the right direction. there is an opportunity, kevin's right, for the republicans on these, but there's an opportunity cost. if i were them, i'd have maybe chairman issa continue talk about investigations, but front and center have people talking about the economy. i haven't heard any republican talk about the economy in weeks. >> well, you've got in this congress, i mean, the megaphone for the republicans is through the house that they control. which they will be able to keep using throughout the -- until 2014. and the irs is the perfect issue for them because, you know, you see...