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So you are president but are you really president? >> i think our country right now could use a consensus candidate. how he feels about voting rights, how he feels about -- >> tucker: if someone is opposed to abortion come up someday believes the taking of human life and a lot of people do think that, if you think it is actually killing somebody, it doesnt make any senseheothi rationally. that doesnt mean you are against women. a lot of people feel that way. i know women dont believe that becaus...

>> tucker: so there are degrees of victories? so you are president but are you really president? >> i think our country right now could use a consensus candidate. how he feels about voting right rights, how he feels about -- >> tucker: if someone is opposed to abortion come up someday believes the taking of human life and a lot of people do think that, if you think it is actually killing somebody, it doesnt make any sense rationally. that doesnt mean you are against women. a lot of people feel t...

>> president trump also announced today that he plans to announce his pick for the u.s. supreme court vacancy next week. the senate minority leader chuck schumer says democrats would fight, in his words, tooth and nail against any nominee who isnt, in his words, bipartisan and mainstream. would you join that fight? and including a possible filibuster that would require 60 senators approval in order to grant confirmation? >> well, wolf, lets be clear about how we got here. justice scalia passed a...

Leaning towards. he wants somebody to be a consensus candidate. he also wants to sort of built a bridge to the foreign community in washington, especially those against his presidency, and those republicans are looking to mitt romney to sort of get them back in the fold. >> if she tweets that out, it seems like you could almost put that a little bit on donald trump. i mean, shes not going to tweet out something that tm donald trump would be upset about, right? >> theres a suggestion if donald tr...

Kissing and making up. if its not a donald trump and a concept sunday candidate emerges, among the people still running or an establish. figure out there, do you envision everyone kumbiyaing after that and moving forward? >> it depends on whether or not there really is a consensus candidate. in the old days people who would broker the conventions would be the party bowlses because they had control over advertising and pamphlets and control over money. who are they now? that is the real problem. ...

Giving a jab at hillary clinton, marco rubio has emerged from the crowded field as one of the most serious contenders for his partys nomination. polls have senator rubio in third place nationally and in iowa and in new hampshire. but increasingly the freshman senator is being seen as number one by the establishment and political conventional wisdom. the blog fivethirtyeight has kept a handy leaderboard of republican endorsements. they point out while jeb bush still sits at the top the majority o...

Hillary clinton? somebody whos really sharp, as a debater. marco rubio. also, he looks like change. younger, newer, not a dynastic candidate and also look at the polling. he is viewed very favorably and enthusiastically by republican voters, is republican voters second choice if he like trump or carson. hes very acceptable to those people. so he kind of blends the establishment lane with the tea party lane, and could become a consensus candidate. so thats a long way of saying, yes. big threat. >...

Those must-pass bills? >> you know, i think if john boehner wants to do him a favor, he does the debt ceiling before he takes the speakership. because, no, you dont feel like theres a way to do this. that said, you talk about tea leaf reading. look, there is a lot of -- while we dont know what biden is going to do, and some of us are convinced that maybe the vice president isnt fully sure what hes going to do. paul ryan today is making every move that you would make if you were about to do this....

To enter the race for house speaker. mercedes, his spokesperson has come out today and said, look, it will be at least a week before were going to have any kind of decision. >> thats right. >> what do you think is going on behind closed doors? >> guess what, he can take his time. but this is the hot potato. i call it the speakers race the hot potato game. they are passing this potato and nobody wants it. so i think for paul ryan hes made this decision where he does have time on his hands. why? h...

Ryans former running mate mitt romney and the outgoing speaker of the house, john boehner, are both lobbying him to take the job. they believe as many republicans in congress do, he is the closest thing to a consensus candidate. the best person to bridge the divide between the more moderate republicans and the conservative freedom caucus. as chairman of the ways and means committee, ryan is widely regarded as one of the brightest thinkers in the gop. now hoping his desire to fix his signature is...