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Thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> starting with that debate last night, was it smart of colbert-bush to br i this uing . >> i think she brought it up in a way that was effective because mark sanford keeps branding himself as a fiscal conservative who is going to manage the district's finances in a good way. she says, you didn't manage the finances in a good way when you used taxpayer dollars to travel to argentina. he has denied that. he did pay an ethics fine. i think she did that in a way that was honoring the elephant in the room. the other big news, nba player, jason col...
>> taft 2016. people appreciate the authenticity whether he is screaming on you tube. >> that is actually -- every successful politician when they get the presidency, they find a way to connect to the average guy and gal. struggling with weight loss is as american as anything. >> absolutely. you have to prove you are in on the joke. the one thing americans don't need is to be removed and stiff about things. he would make fun of the syntax and vocabulary. that let people know i don't take people too seriously. >> speaking of 2016, rubio, was there a more obvious choice? you need a rising star. ...
And really, the election showed that demographics are did he - asia pacific american vote at 75%, the majority of young people, african-americans voted for obama. they're saying it is time we fixed the system. immigration reform has to happen, it has to be common sense and a road to citizenship is an essential component to that. >> ryan grim, where is john boehner on this? is he is a noncommital category? >> like he often does, he is playing it smart, kind of standing back and waiting to see what happens. he realizes that house republicans are not going to drive this. john mccain, lindsey grah...
Immigration reform has to happen, it has to be common sense and a road to citizenship is an essential component to that. >> ryan grim, where is john boehner on this? is he is a noncommital category? >> like he often does, he is playing it smart, kind of standing back and waiting to see what happens. he realizes that house republicans are not going to drive this. john mccain, lindsey graham, jeff flake, the other republicans in the senate are going to hammer something out with democrats over the course of the next several weeks. and if that blows up, then the house is off the hook. so why expen...