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For majority leader after of course the evacuation of that seat by cantor. today were going to look at how this all is reverberating for candidates on both sides of the aisle and those in office. nancy pelosi seems to have moved on quickly. >> i have as much sympathy for mr. cantor as he would want me to have for him. why are you laughing? that was a sincere comment. you next then well come over here. -- that he would have for me. >> she is brutal. in keeping with how politico put the lefts reac...

Spencer ackerman. peter, did the white house expect this? folks focused on the crisis in syria said it could spill over and thats exactly what it seems to have done. is the white house prepared? is there a strategy? >> well, look, they knew obviously this is a threat in iraq, its been going on for a number of months. i think they, like everybody, were surprised by sort of the swiftness of this weeks particular developments, that it moved so rapidly, powerfully and close to baghdad on a quick tim...

>> so there isnt any leadership. and speaker boehner doesnt dare endorse anybody. first of all, hes weak. secondly, it would be counterproduct in, i think, were he to say i want kevin mccarthy. hes being squarefcareful about. what is the strategy? the tea party people may well have enough juice in the house to force a shutdown situation. and if you know these people, if you talk to them, interviewing them in the hallways, you know that shutting the government down is what they want to do. its co...

>> power vacuum, top member of leadership, dethroned. >> any man who must say i am the king is no true king. >> top house republicans are scrambling to fill the leadership void. >> hard to overstate the intense political maneuving the conservative tea party wing. >> red state conservatives wanting one of their own. >> the tail is wagging the dog. >> a time for unity. >> why do we pretend kings hold all of the power? >> theres a danger, moving the party to the right. >> for conservatives theyve b...

Gop implode. >> winter is coming. >> it has begun, a fevered, high stakes competition, in which passionate camps of like-mined fans join together to root for their favorites and cheer the brutal crushing of their rivals. its not the world cup but the battle for the control of the republican party. in the house, this means seven days of jockeying for position as republicans prepare to pick their replacement for majority leader eric cantor, one week from today. as of right now, the race is between...

Politico says democrats are outright giddy, happy to watch the gop implode. quote, the early thinking, stay out of the gops way. and today, speaker boehner showed why thats a smart strategy. as he awkwardly distorted the meaning of cantors loss by attacking president obama. >> every election is different. ive been through a primary process myself. you have to understand, the american people are being squeezed by obamas hol policies. the economy is not growing. incomes arent growing. were not cre...

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