michael, look, his campaign says he s against this idea of birth right citizenship. they have been very blunt about it, but as you just pointed out by tim pawlenty, it seems marco rubio was afraid to say that himself. no, i agree. i think republicans that oppose changing the 14th amendment need to be a little more forthright in order to provide an alternative voice. republicans have been arguing about this issue since the mid- 90s where you had pete wilson doing proposition 187 and you had george bush in texas running in a very different kind of manner, appealing to hispanic voters. and right now clearly the restrictionists have an upper hand. and, you know, this is a case where this 14th amendment debate really clarifies the issue in a lot of ways. if you re talking about building a border fence, you re talking about punishing wrong doers, people that break the law. if you re talking about changing the 14th amendment, you re talking about punishing infants in hospitals. there s a fu
very important face for the republican party if he wins a u.s. senate seat. he was asked about this, and what is interesting is how he tried to not answer the question. he was asked about the 14th amendment. he said the fundamental issue we need to focus on is border security. these other things are really not at this moment pressing issues. if you have a legal immigration system that works, these other issues take care of they will selves. otherwise you end up pursuing public policy that i don t think solves the problem. what s interesting here, michael, look, his campaign says he s against this idea of birth right citizenship. they have been very blunt about it, but as you just pointed out by tim pawlenty, it seems marco rubio was afraid to say that him level. no, i agree. i think republicans that oppose changing the 14th amendment need to be a little more forthright in order to provide an alternative voice. republicans have been arguing about this issue since the mid- 90s where yo
now, ed, is tell the governor calm down. you want to send out your fund-raising letters so you can raise money? we know a lot of this is about you re at 70% in the polls and you want to continue to raise money. look, responsible people like us on talking about in this evening, we should say let s bring about comprehensive immigration reform. what we should do is have one policy. do you think she s doing this to raise her position in the polls, that this is all about an election? you know, unfortunately, my only recent experience with this was california. where we had a governor then back in 93 who was going down in the polls. and then you brought about pete wilson brought about proposition 187. it got him elected but it had devastating long-term effects for the republican party when he was subsequently shown for what he was. the legal wrangling, this was
the beginning, and she actually was also opposed to proposition 187 which has opened opened up a lot of doors for her in terms of the california hispanic community right now. so she s smart to get to the middle on this. not to go right. hold it. we ve got to go. karen, we ve got to go. karen finney, i know where you stand on id cards and todd, you too. you re both wimps. jerry brown will be our guest on hardball on friday. is president obama acting like a little bit of a one-term president? it s interesting. he seems to be pushing for big issues that will not get him re-elected and will cost him re-election so what s he really up to? this is hardball only on msnbc. free honey nut cheerios for an entire year. its great taste helps make lowering cholesterol a non-challenge. just see specially marked boxes for details. at iowa lakes community college, students are learning how to keep wind turbines working. and to keep them safe, the only battery they trust in their high-volta
that race? what s jerry brown have to do? you know, jerry brown actually was a very popular governor. i lived in california when he was governor, and so he s actually got, you know she s got a lot more money than him and only been able to pull even, so i think that suggests for jerry brown, a, i would use that issue to raise money, the fact that she s got so much more money than him. use that to your advantage to actually raise money and frankly he has to get out there and pick up a strong bit of support from the african-american community and hispanic community and the other polls show he s leading her in the middle of the road voters and he has to keep that lead. notice that had meg whitman has come out against the arizona law, todd? she s been against it from the beginning, and she actually was also opposed to proposition 187 which has opened opened up a lot of doors for her in terms of the california hispanic community right now. so she s smart to get out of the mid ol