for immigration reform but this brought it to the fore in the way it hadn't before and changed theical laos. before this was an issue that democrats owned outright. now some of the charges against obama about being the deporter-in-chief muddies the waters a bit for democrats. >> obviously, jonathan, the congressional republicans think their inaction doesn't hurt them and maybe helps them. you think when it comes to the house elections they're wrong. they've clearly made the calculation, it appears they don't want to send the president anything, don't want their names on the piece of the legislation that makes the president's desk. >> you look at polls vulnerable democratic senators that republicans are taking, one thing that you hear again and again when ask you people how they feel is, we hate you. we hate all of you. it's voter anger, and this just stoked that. this vindicated people who think these guys don't know what they're doing. >> it reinforces disfunction in congress and drives the numbers of congress down which is not it's not helpful for republicans but in the narrow interest of