[ speaking spanish ] it s no. there is no way that latinos are going to be flocking to the republican party, especially with the history that this party has with latinos recently. the most the most important issue to latinos, wolf argue right now, to latino voters is immigration. and the republican party has completely turned their back and frankly betrayed latinos on this issue in the last three years. on the last three years, the immigration debate left latinos feeling persecuted. even latinos whose families have been here before this was america feel that the republican party has completely abandoned them. they have no chance. i think maria as much as i love maria, i think she s overstating the case here. the reason a lot of the hispanics wants to come to the united states is because of the economic opportunities that are here. if they re not here, you know, there s no reason for any of us to remain.
you suspect there are opportunities for the gop with the hispanic vote right now? [ speaking spanish. i don t think hispanics are leaving the republican party. hispanic or anyone else in this country is unemployed, you re worried about the same things. you know, we re seeing this resurgence of republicans among hispanic voters. and even with candidates. we have marco rubio who s leading the ticket, i think, in florida, and doing, you know, tremendously well there. there s a new generation of hispanic republicans, including the governor of puerto rico who s a tax cutting, spending cutting, pro growth republican down there who swept 2/3 of the legislature into office. so, i think this is this is the idea that somehow by talking about how we grow this economy and create jobs and somehow republicans are losing votes, it s a i m not seeing that. i m seeing, in fact, the opposite. maria, go ahead.
political trouble right now to lose his chief of staff at this moment? it s not a bad time for a transition because he s going to have a very different congress to work with after november. so, wolf, this is a good moment to refresh the presidential brand after november. he s been pulled way left by this congress, the democratic congress, which is much more left of center than the american people. frankly, a good time for a fresh start when republicans have the chance to take the house in november. everybody seems to think, mar maria, that rahm emmanuel tried to push the president towards the center as opposed to the left with the left wing of the democratic party. give the president some advice right now, what should he be doing in looking for the new chief of staff, what type of person does he want for somebody from inside that inner circle? already there or bring a fresh face in? i think the most important thing here, wolf, is he does need to bring in new fresh faces. there
the president lost his mojo when he inherited this congress. there was an inspiring barack obama than he has become. he s going to be rid of this ball and chain in november. he s going to be able to say, you know, america sent me a left of center congress and now they sent me a right of center congress and i m going to work pragmatically with them. so either of those two gentlemen or someone else in the rahm emmanuel mode will help him. another name, tom daschle, the former senate majority leader who is now in private practice in washington, d.c. at one point, he was going to be the health and human services secretary, that didn t work out because of tax related issues involving a car and a driver. you remember that, maria. but do you think he would be a good chief of staff? he doesn t need confirmation, as you know, in order to be white house chief of staff? he would be terrific. he s incredible smart and well respected on both sides of the aisle to alex s point.
on it. we struggle to make our lives better. you ve got to fill this out so the government knows we re here and how many are here. joining me in the studio, theresa kumar. marc maria, good to have you both. mar maria, you have that one guy saying, you ve got to know we re here? this is going to be the first time where you have 11 states that will lose congressional representation and eight states that will gain it. and they will be in the south. south carolina, georgia, indiana all poised to gain congress at seats because of the boom in lat month population. it s exciting and certainly a change-up. maria, i know you participated