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Like everybody else in this town, where politics is about divide and conquer as opposed to hope and change. >> are you ambitious enough to believe that you can become the first latino president? >> you know i don't ever -- what i've really done and i hope the book captures is i've deliberately not tried to ever view any position i have as a springboard for another position. i think it's a recipe for self-destruction. what i do believe is that if i do a good job in the senate, if i'm a serious policymaker, if i take my time to put forward bills as opposed to bumper sticker solutions, like i've ...

The number is, it becomes easier to guy with. it won't become easy. but it will become easier if you have the confidence -- >> you get into these issues as any legislator does, and it's the final step that's the hardest. who can become legal? what is amnesty? and that's why this question is so crucial. can anyone become legal who is here illegally without first going home? >> well, we've talked about, for example in the case of the kids. and i began to work on an idea, a few months ago, that hopefully one day will be reality. and that is what do you do -- how do you accommodate kids that came ...

Fiscal cliff that's coming here in washington. some big decisions about whether we're going to balance the budget. would you use any money from closing tax loopholes, any new revenue that's come into the government, would you use any of that, to pay down the debt? >> no one is in dispute that we need more revenue. the question is how do you generate? and that's the fault -- >> my question is, would you use any of it to pay down the debt? >> i would use revenue from growth. when you talk about -- >> that wasn't my question. any closing loopholes, because you know what i'm getting at, which is t...

It. >> assuming you're not on the list and haven't been vetted because we haven't heard about you. in that context what about tim pawlenty, what about rob portman who would seem to be the front-runners if you're going to pick a safe candidate who is not going to hurt. >> 2008 more than ever tells us be ready to be president on day one, and make sure there's no question you're ready to be president on day one. and that favors governors, it favors people who've been on the scene longer. you know, jonathan, i did a panel discussion with steve schmidt, who of course, ran mccain's campaign and he s...

Republicans about what happens when the supreme court acts. he said, no one knows what the court will decide. but if the court strikes down all or part of the president's health care law, there will be no spiking of the ball. republicans are focused on the economy, we will not celebrate at a time when millions of our fellow americans remain out of work. well, congressman, there's no question that republicans will make this a part of the fall choice. >> well, if they strike down the entire bill then some of the things that we all agreed on should be dealt with will be first and foremost. >> pre...