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Doing away with the filibuster? that to me sounds far out. i'm just putting that out there. but, anything is possible. so weigh in for me first maria. >> here's what i think. we're making some generalizations, right but the people really would like to see much more, i don't know if susan will agree with this, i'm sure robert, we'll but much more progressive action on the part of this administration. radically more progressive. so the kind of chipping away makes it difficult. on the other hand, voting rights is essential. otherwise this democracy will fall apart. but, i think that what needs to...

Think they can do it? that to me sounds far out. i'm just putting that out there. >> look. >> listen. anything is possible. maria, weigh in for me first. >> here's what i think. okay. we're making some generalizations. the people really would like to see much more -- i don't know. susan is going to agree with this, but robert will. radically more progressive. so the kind of chipping away makes it difficult. on the other hand voting rights is essential. otherwise this democracy will fall apart. i think what needs to happen with the democrats, they need to maintain control of the narrative, do n...

Here's the reality. members of congress looking to take back the majority in the house, majorities will race $100 million, probably more to take back the majority. they don't want this. they recognize that even -- in states like pennsylvania, wisconsin, they have a lot of first-generation immigrants who are their voters. it's not as if this is a political benefit for the president across the board. the republican party has done a good job attracting immigrant vote es so again, as you said, the president is the only one that seems to want to stick to this message. >> and they want to talk about...

Continue to wedge this issue in the middle of america and they're being conspicuously silent on this. i ask them to come out. they should come out with a full immigration plan. they should push back against this trump rhetoric. if they want the immigrant vote or the latino vote. the asian vote. the african vote. they have to come out to a substantive program. think they're being con speckously silent. >> fundamentally. this a very difficult issue. it's not difficult to say you shouldn't put children in cages or separate them from their parents. that's easy from a progressive approach. but if y...

Election? >> it will be a huge issue. it is a core value on both sides of the aisle. they just view the issue very differently. and it will be very interesting to see which parties can put forward candidates that will be able to win swing voters and people who are not as hard liners on the issue considering that the basis of both parties actually are hard liners. there's -- what's really interesting about the immigration conversation is how much attention is focused on daca and d.r.e.a.m.ers, considering that really is such a small part of the immigration concerns that many americans and polit...