it is a poisonous political reform, can you make it happen? i am actually optimistic we ll get this done. i m but i am an optimist, i have to be, i m named barack obama and became president, and won twice. so look, keep in mind first of all that what was said here was absolutely right. this is a boost to our economy. they re suspicious of comprehensive bills, but you know what? if they want to chop that thing up into five pieces, as long as all five pieces get done, i don t care what it looks like as long as it is actually delivering on those core values that we talk about. the latest state of objection from house republicans as to why they wouldn t do immigration is that they wanted to do it piece by piece instead of one bill.
but it is the house republicans who will not let that happen. speaker john boehner personally will not let that happen. and so these emotional protests not only continue but they are getting more and more intimately focused on the republican leaders in the house, who actually are the only reason why this policy is not changing. why this long awaited reform is not happening. speaker john boehner eats breakfast every morning at the same diner in washington, d.c. it is not a secret he does it. it is supposed to be one of the charmingly down to earth things we don t know about him. forget the tanning and the golfing, look, he eats grits. but with him standing in front of immigration reform and the kids organizing for reform, and being so bold and emotionally compelling in their appeals it probably was just a matter of time before john boehner sitting there at the diner had a spectacularly articulate latina 13-year-old, telling him very politely as he was eating his grits, her father was be
leaders in the house, who actually are the only reason why this policy is not changing. why this long awaited reform is not happening. speaker john boehner eats breakfast every morning at the same diner in washington, d.c. it is not a secret he does it. it is supposed to be one of the charmingly down to earth things we don t know about him. forget the tanning and the golfing, look, he eats grits. but with him standing in front of immigration reform and the kids organizing for reform, and being so bold and emotionally compelling in their appeals it probably was just a matter of time before john boehner sitting there at the diner had a spectacularly articulate latina 13-year-old, telling him very politely as he was eating his grits, her father was being deported, and please wouldn t he allow a vote. and there they were again talking to his windows in the
step reform. it is a poisonous political reform, can you make it happen? i am actually optimistic we ll get this done. i m but i am an optimist, i have to be, i m named barack obama and became president, and won twice. so look, keep in mind first of all that what was said here was absolutely right. this is a boost to our economy. they re suspicious of comprehensive bills, but you know what? if they want to chop that thing up into five pieces, as long as all five pieces get done, i don t care what it looks like as long as it is actually delivering on those core values that we talk about. the latest state of objection from house republicans as to why they wouldn t do immigration is that they wanted to do it piece by piece instead of one bill.
help, after they lost so badly in the last election, the party would have to say yes to immigration reform. they say they want it. today after the protesters were arrested at his office, eric cantor continued to pay lip service to the idea, saying he agrees, sure, they should stay. he is even maybe working on a bill like that some day. but the bill that would let that happen, one that already passed the senate, ready to go, he and john boehner would not let that go to a vote, even though it would likely pass. yesterday, john boehner said he would consent to passing immigration reform the way the republicanings say they want to do it, he would be all right with doing one piece at a time. democrats want to do comprehensive reform, republicans want to do step by step reform.