lately. you have, i think, some in the house who believe that immigration will encourage further demographic changes and that may not be good for them politically. if we can see some leadership from members of the republican party, some of whom i disagree with on a lot of issues, but, you know, who do seem to recognize this is the right thing to do for the country, that eventually we'll get something passed out of the house. >> what kind of behind the scenes is maneuvers do you think are taking place to ensure that someone in the house will step up and be that leader that he's describing? >> i'm not sure what those maneuvers are, but i can tell you with some certainty those maneuvers are probably very tortured. part of the problem for these house republicans, even where there are measures they would support in terms of a peace meal approach, such as a measure for border security, there are things they would support. but the problem is that they are