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Kind of consensus by bipartisan speaker. there is no question mccarthy loved that out there. that might force the hard-liners back into the fold if we had a deal with a chair shared arrangement with the democrats. im sure mccarthy loves that conversation that were having right now. he thinks it might be some of the 19 back. >> i think it goes again to kevin mccarthys failed strategy all along, whether its floating this. i think its kind of a cockamamy idea that somehow the democrats are going to...

To find another candidate. and another sign for concern of his, that byron donalds, who is a republican from florida, was one of those who voted for mccarthy on the first two ballot, but not on the third ballot. and that is a real fear among mccarthy allies that the opposition may only grow. >> and how are democrats viewing this? >> well, they have not made a decision yet on how to proceed. they do know at the moment theyre planning to sit back and watch this chaos unfold. this house is paralyze...

Question mccarthy left that out. there that might force these hard-liners back into the poll if we had to deal with a shared arrangement with democrats. that was clearly, im sure mccarthy loves that conversation were having right now. he thinks that might bring some of those 19. >> it goes again to mccarthys failed strategy all along. its kind of a cockamamie idea that the democrats will help under some sort of consensus candidate. that has been a bad strategy going on fox news and having establ...

Somebody in name a lot of people thought couldnt get the votes to be speaker, even though he was nominated yesterday, the precedent of the house you cannot withdraw your name. if he is ever able to get the votes or anybody else, i mean, its anybodys game at this standpoint. we might have somebody come out of the woodwork who might be that consensus candidate. thats where you have to have those back room deals. so far those back room deals have not yet happened and that horse trading dont forget ...

Very interested to see if they have a note at noon because they have to, weather they lost anybody. freedom caucus members are trying to put out the vibe that theyre picking up members and that would obviously be a really bad sign. if the bottom -- i dont think the bottom is going to fall out. if you start seeing significant movement, thats when kevin mccarthy is in real trouble and he may not be able to get off the floor. they have to keep having these votes. >> lets talk about the potential fo...

I want to go back to the question about fred upton. many moderates in the days leading up to yesterdays vote who have been in conversations with scott perry, two of the holdouts, they have been telling them, listen, this is the reality right now. fred upton could be that consensus candidate. maybe democrats could get there to support someone like him. but if you do have a consensus candidate, then the freedom caucus is not going to get anything they want. there will be a new rules package. at th...

Bail out mccarthy, but they would be willing to talk about a consensus candidate. well see. the fact that republicans are even thinking about going that route really speaks volumes. it is a far-fetched idea, and i know one lawmaker, a republican lawmaker who did go up to mccarthy on the floor and float this idea. i talked to another republican who said theyre going to give it another week before they try to encourage mccarthy to look at other options here, and all -- this is also coming as im le...

You, this would be a move that kevin mccarthy would want. it would be tough for him to take a fourth ballot, fail again as the speaker and then the cake is getting baked all along, right? >> this should dash any hopes that democrats are going to bail kevin mccarthy out. they wont let him take a break to find the votes. >> much less vote for a consensus candidate for speaker. >> or vote present or whatever it may be. this is raw politics and they love -- the republicans -- it was supposed to be t...

Elections and they will lose power if they pursue that or the government will get down. i agree with your previous guy, its not really about kevin mccarthy. its about the ideas underpinning this debate, and the republicans who are with perry are just so far out of the mainstream of where everyday americans are that whether they elect a speaker here or not, theyre going to lose him again because theyre on the wrong side of these issues. >> any doubt in your mind that democrats will do anything bu...

That doesnt change the bottom line, however, the house still doesnt have a speaker. its not clear how or when this open warfare among house republicans may end. back with our team now as we continue to watch the counting of the votes and the roll call. alyssa, what do you see at play? >> so i suspect that the freedom caucus, the right flank blocking kevin mccarthy right now are running a 2015 playbook. i was at the time their comms director and what they were planning to do then, allow it to go ...