here we re talking about this economic problem. we re talking about getting this kind of infrastructure up and running, which is a real issue and danger across the country. we re talking about whether the supplemental emergency bill on immigration we were talking about previously in the hour will even get a vote. why is it, do you think, we don t see congress pick up action anymore on these thing, and what can change that? well, it s the real division, i think, at this point in the republican party. there s a lot of folks there that actually have this sort of faith-based view that the potholes will fix themselves or the states can step up and take over full responsibility. i mean, that defies what has been traditionally a partnership between the state and federal government, particularly on transportation projects, whether it was the transcontinental railroad, the inland canals that were so essential to our early economy, or the interstate highway system that was championed by presid