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Now hes campaigning openly for the job. tonight msnbc obtained a letter he is sending around to colleagues arguing that "promoting by acclamation a member of the very washington leadership thats failed to bridge the divide with republicans outside washington struck me as exactly the wrong response. the simple fact," he writes, "is republicans will never again unite the country until we first unite our party." hes talking of course about uniting it along right-wing ideals. now, conservative bill ...

>> well, the length of time of this campaign, the election that will be held for the majority leader in the house of representatives, is just a week long. so it tends to favor those individuals that have the apparatus in place and therefore i think it tends to favor kevin mccarthy. >> you can hear it there. those individuals that have the apparatus in place. thats just a reference to the current gop house leaders. the team, of course, rejected by conservatives at the voting booth just last week....

Same-sex marriage or abortion, hot-button issues that the white southern strategy often uses to split people in the south. what we see is a coming together now. i meet republicans, i meet people who happen to be white, and others who say, listen, i didnt vote for people to take my unemployment. and to kill me by denying medicaid expansion. >> yeah. >> and to close hospitals. reverend, i know you worked with mayor adam oneal on this. >> exactly. >> and other republicans. on the one hand you talk ...

It certainly could be true. house leadership races do usually go to the insiders. then again, tomorrow when we think about it marks the one-year april verse satisfactory of the same house leaders last incorrect, overconfident exercise in vote-counting. it was then eric cantor spent tuesday at a d.c. starbucks assuring lobbyists he would win the days race by such a commanding margin he didnt need to start election day in his own district. howard dean and david frum, former economic speechwriter f...

Southern strategy often uses to split people in the south. what we see is a coming together now. i meet republicans, i meet people who happen to be white, and others who say, listen, i didnt vote for people to take my unemployment. and to kill me by denying medicaid expansion. >> yeah. >> and to close hospitals. reverend, i know you worked with mayor adam oneal on this. >> exactly. >> and other republicans. on the one hand you talk about extremism. on the other hand youve been making the argumen...

Outcome, representative democracy did have a big impact last tuesday when dave brat came out of nowhere to knock eric cantor out of a job. were going to see if it has much impact within the republican congress in the house. republicans are in a bind here, caught between answering the tea party thunder clap in virginia and rallying around their status quo leadership. republicans say the status quo is set to win on thursday. but even that storyline tests another assumption that i think was shredde...

Usually go to the insiders. then again, tomorrow when we think about it marks the one-year april verse satisfactory of the same house leaders last incorrect, overconfident exercise in vote-counting. it was then eric cantor spent tuesday at a d.c. starbucks assuring lobbyists he would win the days race by such a commanding margin he didnt need to start election day in his own district. howard dean and david frum, former economic speechwriter for president george w. bush and the founder of frumfor...

Belle who took the lead in the mid 70s in congress before i got there. and my friend and late colleague paul tsongas, who took the lead in the senate. heres the problem. the republican party as a matter of party policy is dead set against anything that will be protective of gays, lesbians, bisexual, transgender people. the party overwhelmingly opposed the repeal of the dont; dont tell. thechtd it would cause chaos in the military. that of course was totally untrue. they had all these myths about...

That will reshape the leadership in the wake of the eric cantor defeat. >> crushing defeat for house majority leaderish rick cantor. >> it reflects the convulsions within the republican party. >> how divided is the republican party? >> there is a divide within our party. >> i dont think its divided at all. >> republicans are saying there isnt any division, just i think trying to spin. >> the top leader in a party was just tossed out of congress. >> these are very personal fights. >> this is most...

Even more division and even more scary primary challenges to incumbent republicans. he writes, the house republican conference dismissing the voters of virginia as an anomaly in the eric cantor race and rapid consolidation behind kevin mccarthy has been a goldmine for conservatives in runoffs. conservative activists who typically give 25 bucks are motivated to give $250. stacking the deck for him is one of the most useful things they could have done for conservative insurgents who do make to it ...