time. this president has shown the ability to do that, and since he does have such enormous leverage, if he decides to pursue immigration reform i think that he will probably do it in the next couple of months, maybe after the debt ceiling debate. but remember, there is political motivation, bill on both sides in order to get something on immigration done, for the democrats to try to lock in that huge majority of latino vote and for the republicans to try to at least make some headway among latinos. bill: to that point, doug pick up where monica left off there. how do republicans put their fingerprints on immigration reform so that they can gain advantage as well? >> they have to do something they've not done since president bush which is to come out with their own comprehensive immigration reform program that involves both border security, penalties for employers who hire illegals, but offers a real path to citizenship for those 11 to 12 million. if they do that they can then bargain with the white house from a position of strength.