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Senate republicans? should they filibuster haiged and we should point out we can't find any history of a top presidential cabinet appointment ever being filibustered by either party. should they try to filibuster him or say hey, you want him, you got him. >> i expect talking to folks up on capitol hill there is not a very big appetite for filibuster. i think they are more inclined to use this as a vehicle to again argue where they disagree with president obama's national security policy and where they disagree with his foreign policy. i think that is probably the better play. you know, one of ...

Periods of time. it is a tough deal for them. >> the difficulty for the republican party at this point, chris is you have a disconnect between primary and general election politics and what marco rubio understands it doesn't do you any good to win a nomination if you rendered yourself unelectable in the fall. >> chris: and to go back to you, laura, in about 15 seconds do you think republicans will go along with something along these lines? >> i don't. unless there is real enforcement and it is verifiable, not the appointment of another commission which i think is just a joke, unless it is real...

For 12 years, have you ever seen a nominee for a top cabinet post have a worst confirmation hearing? >>guest: he did not bring the a game, probably chuck, first and foremost but it will not matter, he will be confirmed and there is a strong presumption the president gets to choose his own cabinet absent something disqualifying from a personal standpoint, there is nothing like that here. many republicans will vote know, the republicans gets the cabinet. the key question does someone like a senator decide to filibuster, that will raise the bar, but it will create heartburn although he will be co...

>> you do that before you move at all. >> the devil is in the details. what is the timing and metrics you you use. yes, some enforcement but not something that says forever to these people there is no practical hope of ever having some kind of permanent stat tutankhamun. thstatus. >> that is only four republicans. let alone the house republican majority, what are the chances that republicans would go for something close to what the gang of eight came up with? because one of the key things we should point out is under the bill you would get not a path to citizenship but even before enforcement ...

You have served in the senate for are 12 years. have you ever seen a nominee for a top cabinet post have a worst confirmation hearing? >> well, chuck didn't bring his a game first. i think everybody can see that. probably chuck first and foremost among them. at the end of the day it is not going matter. elbe confirmed as secretary of defense and because there is a strong presumption that the president gets to choose his own cabinet absent disqualifying from a personal standpoint. nothing like that here. many of the republicans will vote no largely because it is an easy no vote. the president g...