conservative a man beloved by not just conservatives but you all americans exactly that. he forged consensus and compromised and didn t violate his principles. the idea you have to have the view, you can win a debating point but you are not going to necessarily be able to solve the pressing problems we have. i m encouraged a lot of people in washington understand that and are willing to try to find a common ground. immigration is part of that. chris: in your book you repeatedly criticize the president for as you say he broke the campaign promise to enact immigration reform in the first year. and in the book you say leaders lead they don t create a poisonous atmosphere. simple question. what do you think of barack obama as president? he is a very effective campaigner and he is continuing to campaign. one thing, though, i have been encouraged that a couple of days ago, three or four days ago he had dinner with 12
not just conservatives but you all americans exactly that. he forged consensus and compromised and didn t violate his principles. the idea you have to have the view, you can win a debating point but you are not going to necessarily be able to solve the pressing problems we have. i m encouraged a lot of people in washington understand that and are willing to try to find a common ground. immigration is part of that. chris: in your book you repeatedly criticize the president for as you say he broke the campaign promise to enact immigration reform in the first year. and in the book you say leaders lead they don t create a poisonous atmosphere. simple question. what do you think of barack obama as president? he is a very effective campaigner and he is continuing to campaign. one thing, though, i have been encouraged that a couple of days ago, three or four days ago he had dinner with 12
about it, i was once it hit the ground on the fifth time, everything just i saw daylight. i don t know how i m here. in just a few moments, a tornado survivor remembers his mother who did not survive. and we are just getting word that a plane carrying american and british pro democracy workers has left cairo. they were accused of cementing unrest in egypt. they were ngos who were the target of a government crackdown last december. all face charges of fraud. the crisis further strained ties between new egyptian government and the united states. meantime, in syria after weeks of fighting, rebel of the free syrian army today pulled out of the district of the embattled city of homs. and that did nothing to stop the heavy shelling of homs. dissidents describe it as a blood bath and residents without food, water, or medicine. desperately needed supplies could soon be on the way. the international red cross says the syrian government has given it permission to enter homs t
effect. if it s not and i hope that it doesn t become an issue, but to the extent that there people religion has to be a debating point and that s important. there have been no issues that are tied to the issue of mormon religion. it only comes up if you think about it because it hasn t come up in the debate at all. ralph reed told me once that there is a big chunk of the republican party that simply won t vote for a mormon. this will test whether he was right. i think he was wrong, but we will find out. i think they want to beat president obama enough to make an adjustment. thank you, jonathan. great historian and journalist. i don t have to brag. son of the south and overcame that. he came up pulitzer prize winning. coverage in the primary will continue in a moment.
they can service g.e. neil: they are lending but only to the most pristine? guest: people like me don t bother is the problem. i am cheap. but businesses need to borrow. and small businesses which are ge capital as in the past. no past you went to your mid-sized bank, and that bank could be gobbled up by washington mutual which is gobbled up by wells fargo which is under the tremendous regulation by our federal government. and i do a lot of reporting and this is becoming sort of a debating point where the model of the banks which began, i believe, in 1999 with citigroup, and it was created through city