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Executive order. the answer is that i will put in place my own long-term solution that will replis and supersede the president's temporary measure. as president, i won't settle for stopgap measures. i'll work with republicans and democrats to build a long-term solution. >> leslie, did he offer today that which you thought he needed to close that gap in the latino community? >> i did. i think many analysts, many folks are saying he had to speak specifically to the immigration issue. i think what governor romney had to do that he did very well is speak to having an alternative, that latinos can ...

The policy on cbs yesterday. >> would you repeal this order if you became president? >> let's step back and look at the issue. first of all, we have to secure the border. i don't know why he feels stopgap measures are the right way to go. >> what would you do about it? >> as you know, the president for the last three and a half years did nothing on immigration. >> would you repeal this? >> well, it would be overtaken by events, if you will, by virtue of me putting in place a long-term solution. >> would you leave this in place while you worked out a long-term solution or repeal it? >> we'll lo...

You pass what you believe. the senate passes what they believe. you compromise. that isn't happening because the president and his party leaders in the senate are refusing to do anything to address this debt crisis. what's going to happen at the end of the year i think will largely be determined by who wins this election. this election is going to be a great choice of two -- the president's approach or the idea offered by governor romney. the country will choose. i think that will decide what ends up happening in lame duck 2013. >> depending on the out-t toutc the election, will you and other ...

This debt crisis, to deal with this tax explosion that happens at the end of the year. more importantly he's disavowed any other alternative. that's how you get to compromise, david. you pass what you believe. the senate passes what they believe. you compromise. that isn't happening because the president and his party leaders in the senate are refusing to do anything to address this debt crisis. what's going to happen at the end of the year i think will largely be determined by who wins this election. this election is going to be a great choice of two contrasting visions -- the president's app...

Of the money? working class people. >> only a minute left and i don't want to get away, until we talk about housing prices. home prices have also changed. the one area you want to see them go up and unfortunately they've done down from 169,000, basic overall housing price to 146. that is down 14%. >> right. let's be clear the president inherited a bad hand here as well and inherited a housing bubble that popped. the question is, has his policies made a bad situation worse? i think in the meantime, a lot of stopgap measures to try to prevent housing prices from going down and one thing about th...