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Fixing legal immigration and that is a big piece of it because you re right. we need to figure out a way to encourage the entrepreneurs to come here. we are talking about beyond build the fence and deport people. i think is there a debate and discussion now that is encouraging. in the 1990s i worked for a republican senator who lost his re-election in part because he took on the issue of immigration reform and got challenged from the right. the proliferation of these groups like the senate for immigration studies, numbers usa sdirveed to make a case against him and immigration reform. how vibrant are those groups today in the republican caucus and how much purchase do they have and are they still successful at masquerading? ....
That s the way it is in our state. it s a pretty it s a tough issue for people in our state. but i think for me the criticism or the impact of that criticism will come over time. you assumed the governorship after having been district attorney in philadelphia and mayor of philadelphia. on any given weekend you could see three to five homicide. true. second highest nra of any state in the union is pennsylvania. but bob took a lot of courage and he did it for the right reason and not hurt him at all because wayne lapierre is full of it. it s not mike bloomberg he has to worry about. the american people he has to worry about. 90% on universal background checks. 65% on magazine clips. look. we re going to try to force a vote and even in the house of ....
Stands up and says, senator, i ve seen how you ve sort of switched positions on several elements when it comes to guns. i ve listened to wayne lapierre. i m a member of the nra. and obama it is to take my guns away from me. i know that is the end point, he wants to take my guns away from me and i resent you switching positions. well, that s i ll get a lot of that. look. some people would say where have you been? other tragedies have happened over time and i ve been criticized for being you know, for having a change of heart maybe too late for some people. and i have to accept that criticism and live with it. but here is what i think most people look at. this isn t a question of taking guns or confiscation. none of these measures would have the impact of in any way taking away someone s right to bear arms to protect themselves, to hunt, or to do anything really. i think most people get that. ....
Response to the polls that they don t what is right. in this case the polls in a lot of these issues is in support of the positions that you ve taken. so what is going on with your colleagues? are they standing on principle against public opinion or are they feeling other pressure? no. i think part of it you know this. elected officials get in lanes, right? on this issue or one lane or the other. there is really no middle ground even as you try to articulate a middle ground. and i think that is where people are. they just fall into their lanes and they vote the way they vote over time. i do think that this tragedy moved people in a way that was unusual, at least for people i talked to unprecedent. and i think no matter what happens in washington, it will have lasting kind of enduring impact over time. senator, what do you say when you re back in your state and irgoing to a town meeting in central pennsylvania or allegheny county and someone ....
People in pennsylvania who like pat toomey but i don t think will support him the next time around. mike, here is the way it hit me and i think it hit everybody this way but just to give you the sense of how i was looking at this. two horrors were kind of haunting mean and i think everybody. one, what happened there when you think exactly what happened really in both classrooms. then at some point, i think sunday night of that weekend, as i watched more and learned more about how he killed his mother, adam lanza killed his mother and went to the classroom and i i think what could have happened and that is not the reality but the potential that he was going to kill not a hundred children or 20 children, he was going to try to kill several hundred and would have if he had the time and the capacity. go ahead. no. we often hear politicians ....