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>> reporter: all of these options are thorny. if they go to another round of balloting, its not clear -- i would be surprised if mccarthy were able to peel off the number of people that he needs from this 20 no vote coalition on his side to actually become speaker on this next ballot. what we are hearing is that the mccarthy team could go for a motion to adjourn until tomorrow. you are right, that would buy them time. it would save them another round of embarrassment if he were to lose...

Hill in a bit. before that, lets go to the other side of the capital. well have congressman tom cole. lets start quickly, what really changes between a speaker mccarthy and a speaker boehner? speaker mccarthy is right out of your wing of the party, the mainstream legislative, conservative, governing wing of the party. >> i think first of all, luke had it right, kevin does have an incredible set of personal skills and relationships that span the conference. second, i think he gets a goodwill peri...

Boehners lackeys in congress are happy to repeat the speakers talking points. >> the day that the devastating sequestration cuts, the presidents sequestration cuts take effect, and we have yet to hear a plan from the president. >> well, thats two. first boehner and now his lackey. well, the water carriers over at fox news, theyre happy to push the same propaganda. >> all right. the cuts are not smart. theyre not fair. theyre going to hurt the economy. but what the president didnt mention, that t...

Senate races or was this a largerither the economy or access to health care? what do you think was driving the races? >> i think its a combination of women who are paying attention to whether or not government is going to make critical decisions about their ownealth care and the economic impact of that. really we saw this begin back months ago, almost at the beginning of the time when the the house and the first few bills were trying to put a budget together so government wouldnt shut down boehn...

The money they need and get rid of these super-pacs. >> romney used the power of a super-pac to go from a north carolina loss to a florida win. when house speaker john boehner was asked today about the obama campaign daes decision on super-pacs, he said in. >> another broken promise. >> whether the rules was handed down boehner called it a big win for the first amendment. he said let the american people decide how much money is enough. lets turn to msnbc political analyst and bloomberg view colu...

Win. when house speaker john boehner was asked today about the obama campaign daes decision on super-pacs, he said in. >> another broken promise. >> whether the rules was handed down boehner called it a big win for the first amendment. he said let the american people decide how much money is enough. lets turn to msnbc political analyst and bloomberg view columnist jonathon alter and "washington post" columnist ezra kline. a lot on the table here. first of all, the money war as officially started...

King stirred controversy last month by leading hearings on muslim radicalization here in america. here with more of the daily drama on capitol hill. dana bash knows all about the daily drama. part of the best political team on television. following the budget battle threatening to shut down the government. or at least bring it to a standstill. dana, what have you learned from the white house and the congressional leadership meetings that just wrapped up? >> reporter: right. there was a meeting...

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Boehners lackeys in congress are happy to repeat the speakers talking points. >> the day that the devastating sequestration cuts, the presidents sequestration cuts take effect, and we have yet to hear a plan from the president. >> well, thats two. first boehner and now his lackey. well, the water carriers over at fox news, theyre happy to push the same propaganda. >> all right. the cuts are not smart. theyre not fair. theyre going to hurt the economy. but what the president didnt mention, that t...

Constitutional responsibility seriously. >> dont become a deadbeat country? >> its dont become a deadbeat country. you cant let the country default. >> two dealmakers there. here we are, lets go to steny hoyer. house democratic leader. number two man. he wants a deal? >> he wants a deal definitely. >> durbin is out there. durbin backed the bipartisan commission. >> yeah. >> here are the four dealmakers. now the interesting guys and people. look at other people, of the baseball cards. lets look a...