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Not going to micromanage and back-bench those guys today. it was a free-for-all. do you still believe the russians interfered with the election? do you believe it happened? he pulled it all back. >> the question is i would have ordered him to talk to the russians. he could have said i would have ordered him to talk to all the countries because thats part of what he was saying. was he saying he would have ordered him to talk about the sanctions because there was a half-step away from that. he is ...

Bizarre to me, leslie. so 35 states and governors and now even majority in the senate and you look at it and say, well, these are the people who we would normally elect to be president, our governors, senators, vice presidents. and instead it is like a business guy and a doctor who have never held elected office before. >> right. but you could argue that both parties are very much lacking a back bench. there should be more governors running. more bona fides like hillary clinton. >> there should ...

Conference rules which would take more power away from the speaker and give it more toward committee chairs and other house positions. the reason why ryan wouldnt do that is because then the job becomes less appealing. you dont have as much power. the other thing, though, and i think this is underreported, kate, is that you have these 40 members who are saying, change the rules, change the rules -- guess what! there are over 200 members that are fine with the rules the way they are, that say why...

Willing to do that. >> it is a style over substance here. thats why congressman ryan is so important. the style as well as the substance. >> this is what every legislature and every large slater has a strong leadership. we have this clamor for rules reform. wherever you have a strong speaker ulle have this back bench. it will be interesting to see in the freedom caucus. i think relatively new members. >> yeah. >> they are just sitting there talk building when they get their say. >> im just wonde...

On the back bench of the house of representatives. wolf? >> joe johns in richmond, virginia, for us. thanks. lets bring in our chief national correspondent, john king. hes the anchor of cnns "inside politics." and our political commentator, ryan lizza of the "new yorker" magazine. so does this mean nothing is going to get done in washington for the rest of this year? what do you think? >> sure looks that way. the republicans will now have this leadership election and fairly or unfairly eric cant...

>> it makes any back bench republican congressman who wants to go to the center a little bit makes it a harder to do. so chuck, you will be back later in the hour ahead of the presidents news conference and a lovely back and forth and thank you for joining us on your own wonderful program. >> yes, buddy. >> and here on the eve of the 70th anniversary of d-day, we are looking further ahead to the historic milestone in congress and for that, we will talk to the man who is one of the last world war...

Who may not have a firm grasp of the issues on the debate stage. i think they recognize that there is a risk in using advertising to, to try to define her harshly that there may be some blow back especially among women voters. i think the debate stage is a safe place to do that. they may want to ask if they -- >> exactly. >> yeah, i mean, rick lazio took in your face too seriously for people who remember that. sam, you mention women voters. she is a ware of this punch coming in. she had a counte...

Some blow back especially among women voters. i think the debate stage is a safe place to do that. they may want to ask if they -- >> exactly. >> yeah, i mean, rick lazio took in your face too seriously for people who remember that. sam, you mention women voters. she is a ware of this punch coming in. she had a counter punch ready in the speech last night about being cast cast as a woman on the back bench. take a listen. >> now, mitch mcconnell he wants to tell you who i am. he has said he claim...

This year. whether having embraced the conservatism but not the tea party whether these conservative candidates can win. >> no fun for the media. >> so boring. >> still early. lets not say theres no todd aikens yet. >> i watched grimes victory speech last night. i thought she was phenomenal. lets take a look at a little bit of that >> he claims that kentucky will be lost if we trade in his seat for a kentucky woman who he believes will sit on the back bench. well im here to tell you tonight my f...

As a proud kentucky woman, i will speak for myself and no kentucky woman, mitch mcconnell, will sit on the back bench. we all know washington is broken, its not working for kentucky. and after 30 years, it is mitch mcconnell at the center of the gridlock, obstruction and extreme partisanship that we see. kentucky is tired of a senator who proudly calls himself the doctor of no, the guardian of gridlock. i am running because kentucky deserves better. we deserve a senator for the people of this st...