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Political commentator jeffrey, who has written favorably about donald trump. lets discuss these -- gate to see you guys. amanda, when you look at these polls coming out of cbs, he continues to lead. he is the gop front-runner. of the rest of the field is in single digits. at this point, sdpentding on where you stand, youll say its early on or not so early on, but he continues to ready rodd ahea. is there anything they can do to stop him, amanda? >> heres the thing, donald trump, it is not a fluk...

The fight on ways and means to reform the tax code and reform entitlements. i agree theres four, five or six other members who could be speaker, the question is could they get elected speaker. ryan has the unique ability to bridge -- he has the respect of the caucus. im not certain who else is there. there is discussion about this. part of the discussion, we may end up with john boehner, who is elected through january of 2017. michael mccaul has bubbled up as a name. there are others. i think it...

Skill set necessarily to lead the fight on ways and means to reform the tax code and reform entitlements. i agree theres four, five or six other members who could be speaker, the question is could they get elected speaker. ryan has the unique ability to bridge -- he has the respect of the caucus. im not certain who else is there. there is discussion about this. part of the discussion, we may end up with john boehner, who is elected through january of 2017. michael mccaul has bubbled up as a name...

Barbs, it can be subtle. other times, not so much -- >> you have made it clear that you would vote for mr. gingrich for speaker which means that that type of ideology would be the prevalent ideology in the united states congress. why would you support such a right wing extremist as mr. gingrich? >> reporter: sanders likes to stand. he also likes to point fingers. >> the people like you -- >> reporter: the fact that his opponent, hillary clinton, praised the transpacific partnership trade deal 44...

All right, one final question for the panel. what outsider, somebody not in the house currently should be the next speaker of the house? you know they could vote for somebody outside the speaker, highly unlikely outside the house but who would it be if they did vote for somebody outside the house? snow mine would be the expert on statesmanship and an intellectual conservative. >> gingrich, he is obviously conservative. i think they should go in for somebody who could handle it for a while withou...

Where they can raise the debt ceiling. i remember how scary it was dealing with a house congressional caucus, republican caucus that didnt want to raise the debt ceiling at all and were going to go through that again with more like-minded republicans in the house. thats whats frightening to me. >> the problem with having a leader thats just sort of sitting there, taking care of things and trying to give you this or that. you dont do the big deals. i told kasich that story about a year or two ago...

Hes kind of a little guy. even for his age hes kind of a little guy. its hard for somebody that age to imagine. >> had you ever been in juvenile? >> no. this was my first time. >> gingrichs age and lack of criminal record caught the attention of monica foster, an indianapolis attorney whos taken on his case pro bono. shes fighting to keep him in a juvenile facility. >> hes never had a juvenile referral. never a juvenile referral. ive never heard of such a thing. 12 years old, were going to treat...

Party is plummeting. and then the shutdown ends. people basically forget about it and theyre on to other things and the election happens a year later. its not much affected by it its still, if you keep it going, its going to be plenty affected by it. >> but i do believe that john boehners main mistake was he didnt show enough passion. he didnt stand up and say this is wrong. he didnt pound the table enough. and i think republicans want a leader who will do that. well, i think that -- i will say....

Party is plummeting. and then the shutdown ends. people basically forget about it and theyre on to other things and the election happens a year later. its not much affected by it its still, if you keep it going, its going to be plenty affected by it. >> but i do believe that john boehners main mistake was he didnt show enough passion. he didnt stand up and say this is wrong. he didnt pound the table enough. and i think republicans want a leader who will do that. well, i think that -- i will say....

This guy may some day sit in the oval office. if he engages in this kind of third grade name calling stuff this evening, his numbers will start to dissipate because in the back of your mind, youre looking at someone whose finger could be near a very important button some day. >> is it ever going to matter there is no substance there, we heard nothing about policy? >> lets keep in mind, if you go back four years ago, there were four different front-runners during the fall of 2011. perry, caine, s...