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The sporting goods stores. >> right and there is a prominent manufacturer of rifle magazines in colorado with about 200 employees that says it's going to leave colorado, take 200 jobs out of the state because of these laws. it's ill-considered, its kind of a disaster and it's really not going to make us safer. and gun guys are irritated by it. jon: do you see the legislature and the governor saying, woe, maybe we've made a mistake here, let's rethink this? >> you know this was -- governor had a good amount of time between the passage of the bill and when he signed it. several days went by and ...

It's not clear where the republicans in the house stand. >> david, what about the political calculation here? as well as a policy calculation? where does the white house fall on both? >> you saw, alex, this week the president came out on tuesday and he had an event with first responder emergency responders saying their budgets are going to be cut. then the pentagon came out the next day and said we're going to have to lay off 800,000 civilian workers or furlough them one day a week. yesterday you had lahood, the transportation secretary come to the white house briefing room and say we're going...

Illegally. that argument is not going to work in a general election if you're trying to win hispanic votes. so the question to look for now, tamron, is how much will romney try to back away from the positions that he took during the primary, use marco rubio as political cover and end up with a more moderate position. what the position is trying to do today is lay down a marker to say i'm going to do the humane thing. if you try to match me, we're going to point out you flip flopped on this issue. >> earlier today the romney campaign senior adviser kevin madden was on andrea mitchell. the botto...

Talk about what it is exactly that we would do to help grow the economy and how folks that are looking to get in this country, aspirational americans, how we can help them and do it legally. >> quickly, we will move on to the bus tour, can the republican nominee of the party keep the immigration position, mitt romney espoused in the primary which was to the right of rick perry, to the right of newt gingrich? is that a sustainable model? you republican strategist looking at 2016 and 2020, given the growth in the hispanic community and their tendency to vote democrat? >> i think we make a mistak...

quick to compromise with republicans. well, today that same president delivered this warning. >> i will not support -- i will not support any plan that puts all the burden for closing our deficit on ordinary americans. and i will veto any bill that changes benefits for those who rely on medicare, but does not raise serious revenues by asking the wealthiest americans or biggest corporations to pay their fair share. >> the rich, very rich politics of this debate in just a moment. first, though, let's take a closer look at what the president proposed today. the president, of course, try...