facts are going to turn this into an issue. juan? e don t think it s the democrats who have the ultimate say here. i think it s republicans. i think it s the republican primaries that are going to come up and in those republican primaries you re going to see a lot of tea party kind of grass roots people who don t like chris christie, don t like the fact that he expanded medicaid in new jersey, don t like his attitude in welcoming immigrants and in state tuition, and really don t like the fact he embraced president obama for the help the president gave after hurricane sandy. that element of the party doubts chris christie s conservative credentials. i think in the battle between establishment republicans and grass roots republicans, you have a major fight. and chris christie has opened the door to his conservative critics. you said he s the leading republican right now in the polls for 2016. well, he s got to get through those republican primaries, john. right now it looks like ther
facts are going to turn this into an issue. juan? e don t think it s the democrats who have the ultimate say here. i think it s republicans. i think it s the republican primaries that are going to come up and in those republican primaries you re going to see a lot of tea party kind of grass roots people who don t like chris christie, don t like the fact that he expanded medicaid in new jersey, don t like his attitude in welcoming immigrants and in state tuition, and really don t like the fact he embraced president obama for the help the president gave after hurricane sandy. that element of the party doubts chris christie s conservative credentials. i think in the battle between establishment republicans and grass roots republicans, you have a major fight. and chris christie has opened the door to his conservative critics. you said he s the leading republican right now in the polls for 2016. well, he s got to get through those republican primaries, john. right now it looks like ther
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down the law because, by the way, he needed to keep his speakership and that was probably a prerequisite for keeping his speakership, i don t see how you get around that. i really don t. so i i think that at a certain point unless the democrats are willing to do what nancy pelosi said they were not willing to do on this farm bill, it s going to be very difficult. maybe the democrats will save the day. well, i keep saying speaker pelosi but it s leader pelosi. leader pelosi made it very clear if you want our vote, you must have our input. the republicans want their cake and eat it as well, plus ice cream. she s been very clear that democrats will support these measures if democrats are able to have some input. without it, they are they basically have to rally their base to get everybody on board. alice, what are you hearing from republicans on capitol hill? do they think that immigration
border. we spent billions of dollars. i don t think that s the real issue. the real issue is the whole citizenship issue and many republicans have a problem with that. the steve king amendment, the anti-dreamer act i want to ask a question. you re in the real world talking to grass roots republicans. is it enough to have all this new border security if the price is all these new citizens who were originally undocumented illegals? we can t have automatic amnesty. those here in d.c. need to look at not what s best for their leb election, they have to look at what s best for the big picture. we have to stop the river flooding of people coming across the border and bring it down to a trickle. that s the most important thing. and we need to make sure those who are here illegally go to the back of the line and start the legal process after that.