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To be having right now, and im sure he is, is how he and his caucus can actually save face because with every day this shutdown goes on, their bargaining position gets weaker and weaker. of course this is now going to bleed into the debt limit. as tough as theyre talking about the debt limit, wall street, which still is the biggest check writer to the republican party, is not at all likely to sign on with the republicans backing refusal of the debt limit increase. i think at this point now, were...

>> i think so. what it is, it depends on which audience hes speaking to. so quietly, he was saying to his caucus, look, we cant default. we just cant do this. word of that gets out, and then the speaker has to backtrack and say no, no, no, because he doesnt want to sacrifice his bargaining position. the problem, he doesnt have a whole lot of bargaining position here. i suppose the good news is the shutdown is now being combined with the debt default so at least were moving on to get that issue a...

Voted for each and every bill that went over to the senate that had to do -- so its not just oh, hes being driven by these 35 or 40 people. this is the entire caucus. from what we heard from john boehner today, no movement. what did we hear from reid, majority leader reid in the senate and from the president? no movement. >> how do we get out of this mess? you have been reporting on it and you have even suggested there may be a way for the president to help john boehner get out of this mess. >> ...

Here for the republicans is keep the shut downgoing until the debt ceiling on the 17th and then they will be in a much better bargaining position to draw the concessions they are after on a bigger scale. >> i dont think thats the case. i mean, if they shut down the government over not paying our bills, they will be staying for a long time. now if we throw -- but if you throw all three in, you got lots of give and take and we can see faith on both sides. >> right. >> lets give on the medical tax....

You like, suddenly you got a ted cruise. >> i thought i was a better marketing guy than that. >> if you had a ted cruise, certainly burst out of nowhere and began to run your gig and call the shots, what would you do? >> i wouldnt deal with him but i would be listening to him to see what he had to say and i would be trying to figure out if he made any sense. in this case, i dont buy defunding the government, showing obamacare, we got to let it go but i do think what i would like to see is i woul...

Then they will be in a much better bargaining position to draw the concessions they are after on a bigger scale. >> i dont think thats the case. i mean, if they shut down the government over not paying our bills, they will be staying for a long time. now if we throw -- but if you throw all three in, you got lots of give and take and we can see faith on both sides. >> right. >> lets give on the medical tax. lets give the democrats what they want in cost and sequester. lets -- we have more chips t...

Most important thing in a funding bill. we are coming in seven or eight points below the senate budget. right in line with the ryan budget. that concession has already been made to the point where nobody is even talking about it. and then were told that were going to mutilate the american economy and government unless they get to win the battle that they lost on the floor of the house in 2010. thats an extreme bargaining position. its not consistent with americans who want us to get along, compr...

To win the battle that they lost on the floor of the house in 2010. thats a rather extreme bargaining position. its not consistent with americans who just want us to get along, compromise, and keep things efficient. >> let me ask you congressman culberson. i think this is a good debate and we dont know how obama care is going to work. youre right about everything. lets talk about technique here. do you think the president here is a rabbit? do you think hell just run away? what do you think we wi...

People of obama care. we have two major issues before us. both the continuing resolution and the debt limit as well. i think it gives us multiple opportunities to bring this policy forward. the president has already signed seven bills that have changed obama care, hes delayed the employee mandate, so it can be delayed. >> let me ask your bargaining position. speaker boehner has eluded to the fact he may not hold the hostage of obama care. he may say well put together a list of cuts or throw in k...

People of obama care. it gives us multiple opportunities to bring this policy forward. the president has already signed seven bills that changed obama care. hes delayed the employer mandate. >> im trying to get -- >> it can be delayed. >> let me ask you your bargaining position. speak speaker boehner alluded to the fact he wont hold hostage. well put together cuts object throw in keystone pipeline or a couple of other things that the republicans would like to see done as resolution. fair enough,...