responsibility in south carolina to balance the budget. governors in the deep south will have to make decisions. do they cut school buss? cut funding in education? cut funding in police protection? that s a big decision, because they have to balance their budgets. we have no place else to get that dollar it needs to match in south carolina later on. it s being responsible governing and an evolving question will testimony will ends up as far as the rule of law. is the calculation an economic one or is the calculation a political one? craig, this is all politics. you know, i ve even talked to some members of the republican legislature, and they ve said that to me privately. i mean, you even had a member of the republican legislature here in south carolina who said, you know, it s good politics, because, to oppose the black guy that s in the white house right now, and i don t like to bring racial issues into it, but in essence, you know, for many
heard senator chuck schumer say, so there is still a ways to go. and of course, one of the other major sticking points has to do with border security, and that is something that they are still working on. president obama, trying to keep a distance from these talks. last week, he made the point that he wants to see immigration reform passed by the end of the summer. i ve been talking to my sources today. they say if an immigration reform bill is put forth next week, that they would be on pace to have that happen. but, of course, this is a very thorny, very difficult issue. craig? the other major issue, big deal there at 1600 pennsylvania avenue tomorrow, of course, the white house easter egg roll. what can you tell us about the latest preps for those, for that? reporter: not such a thorny issue. this is something that a lot of people look forward to all year long. i can tell you that they have been starting to do sound checks. this is the biggest public event at the white house. mor
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i guess you re close friends and family. tell you, craig, the thing to take a look. curtis bostic, mark sanford will be a national target. the democrat congress committee is down there licking their chops waiting on this race. they will move in operatives out of the old obama for america campaign to do the get out the vote that they are very, very good at. so it will be nationalized if governor sanford does win the race. if it s curtis bostic, they ll pack up the tent and go. they need governor sanford. he ll be harder to beat than then think. that s what they re waiting on, a special election with an avactive knchtsd jamcandidate. how strong a lulu? extremely hard. i know he said we need sanford,
mayors, hundreds of us have joined in a coalition, and what we ve been saying for years now is exactly what you said. common sense rules and regulations. and the senate s gang of eight, as it s called, seems closer than ever to a deal on immigration reform, in the wake of an agreement between business and union leaders over the controversial guest worker program. senator chuck schumer on meet the press this morning. with the agreement between business and labor, every major policy issue has been resolved on the gang of 8. now, everyone, we ve all agreed that we re not going to come to a final agreement until we see draft legislative language and we agree on that. we ve drafted some of it already. the rest will be drafted this week. and so i am very, very optimist optimistic. so just how imminent is a deal on immigration reform? kristen welker is at the white house for us on this sunday. kristen, what is the latest news from the senate s gang of eight? reporter: well, craig, g