the most important issue. then there's the domino effect here in town about can you get anything done, or how does this complicate negotiations, whether it's over the spending, whether it's over some immigration compromise. to me those are side shows even though the government runs out of money in five days, four days. when you talk about that, you're moving away from the idea that why is the president's reflex to say why can't we have more norwegians and no haitians or africans? >> i think they've fallen down on that. this is the guy who is in the oval office so we have to find a way to work with him. whether you're phil mattingly chasing people down on capitol hill every day and say, i haven't had a chance to see the president's twitter feed, or their views are evolving in the oval office because you want to get an immigration deal done, look, this is where republicans have largely come out on this issue. a lot of them condemned the president's comments, some more harshly than others, but they've