Places with lax gun control legislation. chris: general, i ll bring you in another discussion. there was also talk the week we might see fall-out from boston in terms of the immigration reform. leading conservatives including chuck grassley, the top republican on the senate judiciary committee said slow down on immigration reform. let s focus more on who we let in this country and possible security threats, do you think that a legitimate point? british have a phrase they use, keep calm and carry on that. might apply to the legislation. we don t want to be stupid. we want to be careful. but immigration reform is a necessary thing. let me talk from a security point of view. immigration to this country contributes to national health and contributes to our national security. from a very narrow perspective, the former director of the central intelligence agency, we are required not just by law to look like america, by mission
I hope rand paul s effort to put on negative adds against susan collins, republican who had the courage to vote the close the gun show loophole will be decried by the people of maine. i makes no sense for the republican party to circumstance the wagons and fire in circle the wagons to fire in and makes it no sense to make it easier for weapons to be in hands of the wrong people. chris: big defeat this week for the president. doesn t this raise questions that were raised before about the chief executive ability to work his will, as we have seen other presidents more successfully do in getting the legislation, agenda through congress? i m not sure i agree with the premise that it s a big defeat for president obama. he s something he wanted to happen but i think he never had it on the agenda until newtown occurred. once newtown happened there was a shift in the polls, the american public opinion. people said we need to do something that you can have the small children slaughtered in idyllic community like newtown, connecticut. right now, and i think the
Emphasis is can the senate work with anybody? i mean the silent filibuster you had a clear majority of the senators, 55, who supported this legislation. congressman harman pointed out this was no some promize legislation. this was a hard line. so should they have never focused on assault weapon or high capacity magazine? did it waste time? should the president acted more quickly in the aftermath of newtown to get it done? those are tactical measures. but the thing is, as harry reid, the majority leader in the senate said this week, when you have 90% of the american people, and 80% of republicans saying okay, background checks are a good idea. we like that. the senate still can t get it done, the emphasis should be on dysfunction of the senate. 79% of miles per hours say congresmiles perfor 79% of amer.
With lax gun control legislation. chris: i will bring you into another discussion but there was talk this week we my see some fallout from boston in terms of immigration reform and some of the leading, some leading conservatives in congress, including charles grassley, the number top written on the senate jack japan said, let s slow down on immigration reform. let s focus on who we let into this country and possible security threats. do you think that is legitimate? the british phrase they use at terrorist attack is keep calm carry on, that could apply to this legislation. look, we don t want to be stupid, we want to be came, but immigration reform is a necessary thing. let me talk from a security point of view. immigration to this country contributes to national health and contributes to our national security. from a very narrow perspective, as the former director of the central intelligence agency we are required not just by law to look like america but mission we are required to look like the
Emphasis is can the senate work with anybody? i mean the silent filibuster you had a clear majority of the senators, 55, who supported this legislation. congressman harman pointed out this was no some promize legislation. this was a hard line. so should they have never focused on assault weapon or high capacity magazine? did it waste time? should the president acted more quickly in the aftermath of newtown to get it done? those are tactical measures. but the thing is, as harry reid, the majority leader in the senate said this week, when you have 90% of the american people, and 80% of republicans saying okay, background checks are a good idea. we like that. the senate still can t get it done, the emphasis should be on dysfunction of the senate. 79% of miles per hours say congresmiles perfor 79% of amer.