reporter: perry is taking 2016 prep beyond policy to performance, working with a company called podium masters, run by a former head of the royal shakespeare company. why did you choose that? i guess so my hamlet was come out right when i decide to quote hamlet on the stage. we use a lot of different people, dana. i think that s an appropriate thing to be engaged with folks to help folks in all aspects of your public speaking. i desire to be better at what i do. and i think that s a very important part of it. reporter: i m guessing also, too, avoid an oops moment if you run in 2016? that would be preferable. and 2015 marks the unofficial start for the race of the white house in 2016. to talk more about that, i want to bring in our maria cordona and also terry jeffrey.
temporarily averted, president obama made it clear, one of his next big priorities is to get an immigration bill passed. we should finish the job of fixing our broken immigration system. there s already a broad coalition across america that s behind this effort of comprehensive immigration reform from business leaders to faith leaders to law enforcement. senate bill, the senate rather passed a bill earlier this year that creates a path to citizenship for the estimated 11.7 million undocumented immigrants in the united states. also allows more high skilled workers to get visas. it also boosts security oo along the u.s.-mexican border. republicans in the house have their own plan and want to deal with it more piecemeal, if you will. maria cordona is a political strategist, adolpho is a former spokesman for the romney/ryan ticket.
maria, i want to start with you here first because a lot of republicans have been responding to this call for immigration reform including congressman lab an brodeur of idaho. he says the president wasn t willing to negotiatate over obama care. why should they expect any different when it comes to negotiating over immigration reform? does he pick up the phone? does he make a call, talk to speaker boehner and say, i want tonight start offering a deal? i m going to sit down and talk to you first? look, suzanne, the president has been very clear from the beginning this is one of his priorities and he was clear yesterday that he is willing to negotiate. he was very clear during the shutdown that he s willing to negotiate even over obama care, just not with like he likes to say a gun to the head of the american economy. now that that s over, let s negotiate. let s talk about what is next. let s look at real solutions to really figure out how we do with the american people elected
years doesn t happen again or at least there is a dent in there. and people like wayne lapierre who are focusing on zero solutions is not the way to get there. very quickly, harry reid is endorsed by the nra, wayne lapierre campaigned on behalf of harry reid. it s an organization for second amendment advocates. and you can find them, actually, on the other side of the aisle with very explicit nra support. again, we need to get away and the majority of nra members also support sensible gun legislation. it certainly sparks enthusiastic conversation on both sides. maria and amy, thanks again, great to talk to you again both always. i do want to share a light moment from cpac s first day, it was back and forth. the issue of hillary clinton came up and begala, friend of the clintons was asked if she was going to run in 2016. listen to the response.
budget a foundation for growth, restoring the promise of american opportunity. wow, i feel like saluting already. but when you read it, you find that the vatican s not the only place blowing smoke this week. the one thing a violent rapist deserves to face is a good woman with a gun. joining me now our cnn contributor maria cardona. great to talk to you both. good morning, susan. mitt romney spoke yesterday and said that the gop needs to learn from their governors, names like bob mcdonnell also new jersey chris christie, neither of whom, by the way, were invited to cpac. are you shocked he brought up those two names? amy, i ll start with you. i m not and glad he did. i also notice that bob mcdonnell and chris christie are getting