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The party has in going down that road is you cannot out-pander the democrats on tax credits. hillary clinton is always going to be able to outbid him. who is more electable then? >> kim calls it pandering. i call it moderation because i think most republicans want to win above all else. >> just think, a general point. on the republican side, you've got these young attractive articulate candidates competing with one another, saying interesting things. on the other side, you have one candidate, hillary clinton, who has got to keep her act afloat for the next 19 months. >> as we said in the last ...

The problem that rubio is going to have is that when that is placed next to, for instance, very simple flat tax proposals by some of the other candidates, it does potentially look a little bit complicated and old-fashioned and not bold enough. >> but kim doesn't it look more electable? when you've got ted cruz out there saying put it all on a postage card, that's your tax return, that is a radical proposal. >> behind this, the argument behind rubio's thing is that we need to make a pitch to middle class voters, they don't really care about income tax cuts on the top rates but they'll like it i...

It's pandering of the worst order. coburn is not a fringe gop politician. he's not a fringe guy. he's a smart guy. mainstream. level-headed. ala lindsey graham a few years ago when he was talking about naturalization. they know full well this isn't going to happen. but they get in these town hall meetings and people show up with their pitch forks, and burning the president in effigy -- not literally -- but why pander like this? >> for me, i wouldn't call it pandering, but what i definitely think it is they're practicing the politics of deflection. they have no real cohesive leadership. their i...

Republicans aside and say they don't care about this. i think we are showing that we do share similarities with the hispanic community and our values are very closely aligned. >> reporter: the democratic governors in both states say they will sign the tuition equity bills into law. bill: not everyone, i'd imagine is happy about this shift. explain that, dan. >> reporter: well, no, we interviewed a college student at oregon state university who is paying out of state tuition because she grew up in california. she can't understand why someone who is in the country illegally is getting what amoun...

Vote on election day is forcing his party to rethink the messaging and the policies as well. one big sign of that comes this week as the gop votes to expand visas for foreign, science and to make it easier for immigrants with green cards to bring their families to america. joining me from austin, texas, latino and msnbc contributor dr. victor victoria soto. how would you describe the gop's decision to move on this issue? is it pandering or is it truly an effective means of establishing the bigger tent that the senator just mentioned? >> they're going back to their george w. bush roots. they sa...