in our last hour because after the 2012 presidential election when mitt romney got clobbered among latino voters there was going to be a come to jesus moment for the republican party where they had to do something on immigration to change the way latino voters feel aboutp areps. you say if i m a congressman in a district where the vast majority of my voters don t want immigration reform i don t care what marco rubio or karl rove says or anybody at the top of national politics i m addressing my constituents and trying to get re-elected in my district. that s the point chuck was making. these congressmen and women are looking at their home plate and they re saying okay, who s at home with me. that s their comfort zone. as long as their district is 9 % white or 75% white and is against, you know, amnesty or any form of immigration re form that speaks or looks like amnesty they re going to stay on that home plate, not move off of that. not this effort to try to reach
brilliantly creates around everything she says and does. i mean what does it say about all of us? i m not holding myself blameless in any regard. you know, front row seat at the circus for me. no. i think the celebritication of politics has damaged the system. i think the reason we re in the mode we re in right now where you can t where even trying to imply meant a law that s already been passed which is what the president is trying to do with health care is now a campaign, right, where everything is a campaign and everything is i mean, you know, be i think it s all a part of this and i go back to like i said the celeb brification of politics. sarah palin was a part of that. before that we re toying with politics is something cool for people to do to make a name or make or to keep themselves in the news. and that s i think what s damaged the political system, right, because you think if it s just some sort of clown show where people do it as a hobby,
having said that, you re right. people are very forgiving. we, you know i think a lot of these folks when you go back and look at the history of the last 20 years, from gary hart, bill clinton, vitter and so forth, to the present day, candidates have learned how to address and respond to these issues. so they know how to play the redemption card now. and i m being cynical, yes, but this is politics is a cynical sport. and the fact of the matter is, you strike that tone when you contrast a gary hart who was combative and daring the press to follow him and challenging and pushing back the people going you know what hindsight was not smart. really? to the current, you know i just i admit my foiables and regret my sins and people respond to that. so, you know, this is going to be interesting to watch how new yorkers i think new yorkers more than most have seen their share