he would do his part. i think there was common ground reached in the notion again, as you heard the president say in the statement, that the american people didn t vote for gridlock, they didn t vote for the continual games that we see played in washington. they voted for two parties working together to get something done. that s going to take just that, bipartisanship. welcome back to morning joe. live look at the white house in washington. mark halperin still with us. joining us now from the national summit on education reform in washington, former republican governor of florida and chairman of the foundation for excellence in education, jeb bush, and former democratic governor of west virginia and president of the alliance for evenings lens in education bob wise. joining the table, new york times business columnist andrew ross sorkin. robert gibbs will be ton show in a few minutes.
town. it will be 33 in cleveland, ohio and 66 down in tampa, florida. today is day two of the national summit on education reform, an annual event that aims to address problems in america s education system. and appropriately, one of the major issues on the table is the controversial dream act up for debate during the lame duck session of congress currently under way. joining us from the event in washington, d.c., the founder and president of the foundation for excellence in education, former florida governor jeb bush. good morning to you, governor. good morning. great to have you. let s talk a little bit about the dream act, you know, there have been a lot of people saying they can t possibly jam it through during this lame duck session of congress. and in the meantime, there are a lot of people who say if we were to pass that, essentially, it would offer amnesty to millions and millions of people who are in this country illegally right now. what do you say? well, what i s