Immigration reform?

I think pretty high.

The senate came up with a across-the-board legislation.

Then things got bogged down.

There were things in the fall bogging down the calendar.

I think as we head through the spring it will be on the front burner.

I am optimistic.

There is growing recognition for the republicans and democrats we have to get this done to be able to win what is now a global battle for talent.

Kicking the can down the road was really the spirit of compromise.

Will it be a consistent small step or word rather than a big grand bargain for all of these issues, including immigration?

I am not as optimistic as steve case is.

In part because this is an election year.

A lot of republicans saw what happened to mark rubio — marco rubio.

They saw his numbers drop.

A key time to watch is after the republican primaries and early spring.

If they can move past the primaries, there is an opportunity for apps to cut an immigration bill.

I do not see a log of major pieces of legislation getting signed into law.

Both sides gunning for control of congress again.

Basically the same story written and again.

I agree with your story.

I think the late spring timeframe is important.

I think a lot of people want to see the primary deadline pass.

They are worried if they come out in support they make it primary within their own party.

Once the deadlines are passed, i think there will be more of an appetite to head to the center as they head for their own general election in the fall.

That is the moment where i think something can happen.

I think republicans will take it more in a step-by-step approach.

It will not be one comprehensive bill but a series of things.

I think momentum can be built in late spring is the time to watch.

One thing disappointing about washington is the disappearance of the political mill.

Going back to 1961, the number of people in the middle effectively 344 ursus 2012, 11. what happened in that the nation has become so polarized?

We keep seeing this in the primaries.

How do you solve something like the?

How do you work together?

I think we have seen a hollowing out of the center of politics and need to figure out a way to rebuild it.

Warty seven percent identified them as independent.

A lot of frustration about how: right things have gotten.

There are structural explanations like redistrict thing.

You get penalized if you move to the center.

You get penalized in washington if you move to the center.

Until you change the districts and how safe a are, you will not see any changing in congress anytime soon.

The same with the fundraising apparatus.

There is incentive for them to maintain the status quo.

Until someone changes that come it will not be changing policy anytime soon.

I think it will be difficult.

Nelson mandela said it is always impossible until it is done.

How do you get it done?

Whether it is crowd funding or immigration reform, you seem to wield influence.

How are you get people to you?

People care about the country, care about jobs.

I think people — particularly two years ago when the jobs act was being kicked around, people were worried about unemployment at eight percent.

We proved that startups create jobs.

All of the job creation has been through startups.

Immigrants were involved in more than 75% of 7500 patents awarded at top universities.

We have so many students come into this country, 700,000 class per year, and they are all getting shipped back to their own countries where their own countries reap the benefit.

Imagine if we tried to — the naval academy recruited them from china.

Gave them a great education at the nation’s expense, teaching them the strategy i round naval