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Consensus choice, it looks like it might be him. does that seem like thats everybodys view? is there any chance he doesnt become the next speaker? >> yeah. i mean, look, its house republicans, right? i wouldnt bet on them to do anything. even if they all told me they were all going to vote for kevin mccarthy, i would not believe they were going to do it until theyd actually done it even if it was 30 seconds before. id still say dont trust you. yeah. you know, look, mccarthy seems like hes on the...

I can tell if you you come from my state of oklahoma, its much greater than 60%. its the most conservative state in the union, as you would know. and so my obligation is to, number one, the constitution and number two to represent my constituents. this is not a hard decision. >> who are you supporting then? gohmert and yoho have put their hats in the ring? >> i have said publicly i could vote for either louis gohmert or vote for ted yoho. it really isnt so relevant who you vote for. the reality ...

With. secondly, she is a consensus candidate. if you compare whats going on the republican side, jeb bush, who i think is a superb candidate and was very electable, somebody who i like very much, he has had very moderate position on things like immigration, things like taxes, things like education. the question for him is will he be able to actually get the nomination given what is likely to be a civil war in the republican party where you have tea party candidates fighting tea party candidates,...

Stories about him are coming from him. is he spinning this notion that he is a viable candidate? you just said you duly believe it could happen. >> im not saying he is a great candidate. but he is doing a good job at gathering support, even from some sunni leaders. we wrote in buzzfeed, he has got some sunni support. limited sunni support. but some people believe he is some sort of consensus candidate. now, he has no constituents on the streets of iraq. when there have been votes, when this have...

Got some sunni support, limited support but some people believe hes just some sort of consensus candidate. he has no constituents in the streets of iraq. when there have been votes and elections where there is a popular vote, hes won less than 1% of the popular vote. so he -- somehow but hes got the support of the saude rr esa. he has shiite collar rilerics. some believe hes one of the very few credible candidates because there are so few. its almost as if who else could it be? >> perhaps the le...

Be split between a bunch of candidates in the republican primary, the way they were in 2012 so that the establishment candidate ends up being the one that the most -- who becomes the consensus candidate, especially when he has the money. i think theres still a realistic shot for that. >> yeah. when people say look, the party has changed so much, the establishment candidate for lack of a better term cant win, i say just look at the path that mitt romney took in 2012. it wasnt necessarily pretty. ...

Then theres another group, traditional group that says weve got to circle the wagons, get in, be careful and not do anything too bold. i think that really means youre going to have trouble in coming up with a consensus candidate. >>steve: talking about whats going on behind the scenes is reflected in your new book that is coming out where you talk about how before world war ii, pope pyius 11 wrote a paper that condemned tphaz stkeuism and -- naziism and then the next one, nothing. all politics. ...

Midwest voters, lets see, its up there now. midwest voters, 52-42. ryan, in yourits numbers like think are scaring establishment republicans, and you think there might be some who are actually hoping that the primary process does not deliver a fixed nominee to that convention. maybe they can sort everything out at the convention. >> well, what i tried to argue is that, you know, primaries dont necessarily deliver a consensus candidate. primaries are a relatively recent invention, and its not a g...

Republicans, and you think there might be some who are actually hoping that the primary process does not deliver a fixed nominee to that convention. maybe they can sort everything out at the convention. >> well, what i tried to argue is that, you know, primaries dont necessarily deliver a consensus candidate. primaries are a relatively recent invention, and its not a guarantee that going from state to state when you have two candidates representing different factions of the party, that youll get...

Successful and by the way we have confidence in the american people in the final analysis they will do the right thing. >> gregg: take a look at this. tally of electoral votes, gingrich winning nearly all the delegates. he stands at 23, narrowing romneys lead of 33. followed by rick santorum and ron paul. john roberts is live in charleston, south carolina. john, what is the breakdown of last nights voting. >> reporter: the breakdown of last nights voting, well get to that, but when you take a lo...