How Likely

Q Can you say how likely you think it is that you can reach some kind of agreement before the election, on immigration?

MR. SNOW: No, because I don’t know. (Laughter.)

Q You know how likely you think it is. (Laughter.)

MR. SNOW: No. “Likely” means to assign a probability, which gets you into “more likely,” “less likely,” “is it 60 percent likely” — I really don’t know.

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Q So is he going to be doing a lot more of these –

MR. SNOW: Is that sort of like, are we more or less likely? There will be other events. There will be other events.

Q That’s a factual question, actually. (Laughter.)

Q — yes, it’s a lot like that. (Laughter.)

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