immigrati immigration. before lawmakers left much of the conversation was over gop threats to use the budget to cut off funding for health care law. with only a limited working days for congress, the time is winding down for a prolong the debate on immigration raul reyes joins us. i want to play with john mccain said. he was asked if syria could effect any motion or movement on the front of immigration reform let me play it. i m very concerned about that because this issue must be addressed. we have a proposal that i believe is acceptable to the majority overwhelming majority of the american people. and we should reflect the will of the people and get this up and get a bill to the president of the united states. do you have the same concerns? yes, very much so. the problem right now for immigration reform is two fold. there has already been a precedent to keep kicking this
here. we were looking at latinos and a poll here. the broader group, new poll nbc answer the wall street journal showing that republicans have a problem when it comes to immigrati immigration. 44% say republicans will be to blame if congress fails to pass immigration reform. this is huge and this is going to affect us and we have big races coming up in 2014. and we are narrowed in and zooming in on those. if we lose this sector of the voting bill this is going to affect us in many more avenues. it s going to affect us with the attracting people to the gop in general and these races. we have key races at hand. do you think 2015 is the year you have a gop presidential campaign and you force them to moderate? you re right on that and i think so. i think 2015 is an interesting deal. and we are looking at that as strategy. we are looking at that now. jason, you know, we were mentioning marco rubio a second ago. he has been quiet as of late on
where the number was two months ago. there was a language change. when we asked the basic question about whether folks would be upset or if immigration reform passes, the public was split right down the middle 47-47. majority of republicans said they would not be upset if it did not pass and more americans would be upset if they failed to pass background checks on gun sales rather than immigration. intensity matters. there s more intensity on the issue of guns than on immigrati immigration. 21% said they would be upset if congress doesn t pass the law. one more thing while washington haggles over the details, immigration policy is being made in states. colorado became the eighth state to grant driver s licenses to illegal immigrants.
joins me from the great city of new orleans is the man himself. thank you for having me. i m enjoying the show. great show you have going tonight. democrats wanted a progressive agenda. now making pros on guns, immigrati immigration, is a progressive message a winning message in america 2013? let s be clear here. americans wanted that. the election was decided decisively. their policies were rejected, and democratic policies were embraced. this is not just a progressive agenda.
and that our true north is how are we helping american families suck see the. deficit reduction is part of that agenda and an important part, but it s not the only part and i don t want us to be paralyzed on everything just because we disagree on this one thing. lynn, what s first on the president s post-sequester agenda? well, i would say it s a simultaneous agenda think of it going on three or four track set once. you have the gun legislation that s making its way towards votes. there is a hearing on the assault weapon ban in the senate this week. you have immigration getting teed up. so you have, those are the top two that we re looking at right now, craig. while the president has been highly visible on the sequester you write in part, quote, in the meantime the administration is trying to remain engaged via less high-profile means. what s the president doing to remain engaged in his agenda on gun control and immigration