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FNC political analyst Ed Rollins on immigration coming to the forefront of the GOP Presidential race as candidates focus on the Florida primary.
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-- Florida today for the latest in the race for the Republican presidential nomination return to -- wrong leading Republican strategist Fox News political analyst.
They're great to have you here thank you all they're they're getting along famously Romney or Gingrich.
-- -- -- -- each other Romney as we just showed our audience I mean refusing to pander while sitting in.
On the stage there and with the Univision cameras.
-- UN high marks for that now.
That's it you know the realities you talk to the audience in front of you when you deal with the issue is that they wanna deal with you may have different position.
But you know that the the problem is Romney has a ten year and I think even to the point of releasing your taxes which we all thought it should've done months ago.
Releasing an on the day the president is the state of the union when you become the poster child for all of this is just not good politics and -- -- TV doesn't get.
The political antenna back up again here he's gonna get role -- -- again.
It financed.
Former New Hampshire governor John Sununu who's one of the smarter -- I -- a friend of mine he is here.
I said is that he is this governor gonna list is governor Romney gonna listen to -- a little better a little quicker now but the intelligence of your -- been demonstrated.
-- just basically grand that are -- with great Grayson -- ago but.
I mean in the he's picking up his game Romney is but he still got a long way to go to.
-- -- -- today there was a sense of entitlement and that was sort of a sense of resentment company's other people be on the stage with them and how could someone like.
-- Gingrich who's been a political fighter for thirty years how how dare him challenge him and I think he's now finding that easy underdog.
And let's see how it does and I -- His position Romney's on illegal immigration self deportation.
Gingrich trying to make fun of that idea.
But it at the same time -- is.
Statements so far don't seem to be any more powerful.
Any more efficacious.
Certainly -- self deportation is a matter fact it.
Well -- none and none of them know what to do with them the -- immigration issue and I.
You know first of all we need to build the fence and secure the borders and enforce the laws and after that.
You know you've got to deal with the problem as it is and and you know as we've said many many times you're not gonna take.
Ten or eleven or twelve million people and little one school buses and drive back cross the border wherever they came from it's not gonna happen.
And so you know at the end of the day we -- -- move on and talk about things that matter let's -- A summary of -- -- them and then is these charges that they're Gingrich resigned in disgrace.
You you and I can recall vividly that period.
In which Gingrich who was sometimes too clever by half played his hand far too.
A far beyond.
-- reason.
-- but.
To say that he resigned in disgrace.
Is not to take knowledge to take account of the fact that 83 of the 84 chart we're.
Dismissed that that that the Internal Revenue Service -- -- All of the charges against.
In the house -- Well first -- that always two years.
Before.
He left the speakership right and left the speakership because he was very bullish on the election.
And he'd promised that they were gonna pick up 25 seats and they didn't they lost five buried something like that five in the -- and and it.
Any step aside he -- fought it out.
I don't know there was certainly opposition -- a point on that.
It's talking about the rebellion within that -- how you live Republicans and and and you know he stepped aside he did the honorable thing had nothing to do with the scandal.
And I think is -- You know don't attacked my record and don't mislead people on what I did.
I won't tell people that you couldn't get reelected governor Massachusetts.
You know it as it inches one of these things we need to talk about -- the past -- -- the future.
And that is not a true statement Gingrich basically had.
Had troubles within the that within this caucus because he was trying to do things that a lot of them didn't like the fact that he basically came in and -- deals with Clinton.
This thing is this this racist ties it can be right now -- -- Who's -- an advantage here who do you think is gonna ultimately prevail on wanna keep asking this right up to the votes or care what -- -- to the votes are cast I'll tell you.
There we have a deal with the idea -- -- a reason right out right now right now Gingrich as the moment.
If Gingrich wins Florida next Tuesday.
And -- he certainly has more than momentum.
He basically that the national polls portables -- all moving in his direction.
He's now putting an organization together which is amazing because he has an element to this time.
And I think a certain extent he's he's going to be the ones viewed as the most significant candidate -- he reflects the anger of the country and the anger our party.
But repeating again right now in the most recent polls there -- -- -- as tight as they can be that is within the margin there.
National -- -- different story that's a story for another day and Rollins great to see my pleasure thank you picking up next here.
