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Period and what i'm arguing for is an addition to all of that, if we think washington is going to redesign itself and breathe life back into the constitution, it's not. the constitution provides the salvation for the constitution in article five, with the state convention process, where we the people, working from the bottom up, through our states, over a period of time, even those of us in dark, dark blue states, you never know, events are going to change the politics of a given state and so forth. we have to seize back what is ours. and what is ours is a constitutional republic and right now...

Romney got only 27% of the >> the establishment wing, and that's why it's the establishment wing of both parties. democrat and republican tends to win nominations. they have the dukakises, the clintons, they have the big shots behind. do you think the establishment wing of the republican party can get one more election victory? can they win again after all these people like dole and mccain and the bushes. can they win it again against the right? the right hasn't won since reagan really. >> the right has not won since then is the fairway to put it. the establishment wing does somehow manage to ...

Nomination in 2016. there are a lot of people thinking about running. there are a lot of potentially attractive candidates to republican voters. and i think we're going to see a pretty big and robust debate among these people, and partpeo. and part of that will be what's the direction the party should take. >> the establishment wing -- and the establishment wing of both parties, they tend to win nominations. they've got the big states behind them. doing the establishment wing of the republican party can get one more election victory? can they win after all these people like mccain and bushes, ...

Time the vote occurs at the end of the week. >> it'll pass the senate but it's dead on arrival in the house. the house is much closer to me. i think they think border security has to come first before you get immigration reform. >> joining me now is contributing editor for newsweek and "the daily beast," eleanor cliff and aaron blake. thank you for being here this afternoon. >> thank you. >> good to be with you. >> eleanor, i want to start with you. we heard senator rand paul saying immigration reform will be dead on arrival in the house. how do you think this will play out? >> i don't think i...

A change in substance of what the gop is trying to repackage to the american people? it sounds like a lot of the same stuff. >> well, ed, let me start by being as charitable as i can possibly be. the old proverb a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. this is one very small step. it was a speech that had a lot of nice words. but you're absolutely right in that it said nothing about the policies that the republican party espouses and continues to espouse that are ejected by large majorities of the american people. you know, people get what the party stands for, and they don't like i...