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Wins in 2009 that were a spring board to the midterm rout. now republicans worry the tables could be turning on them. listen to house speaker paul ryan this morning. this is his take, play down the election results but -- >> it doesnt change my reading of the current moment. it just emphasizes my reading of the current moment which is we have a promise to keep and have to get on with keeping our promise. one of the chief props we made when we ran for office, all of us whether its the president o...

The idea of suggesting, i think he was messaging the chinese and russia about serving relationships. im not sure what that means. i think the chinese are going to be hard-pressed to do that. and the greater strategic imperative for the chinese is north korea not implode violently and particularly and they lose their buffer state. i think that is the overriding strategic imperative for the chinese. but the speech was mostly stiff and not much carat. i wish he expanded a bit on his press conferenc...

Ofses that weve got to the pass something, that this is sort of -- theres political imperative here. i think obviously that imperative is even more striking now. if you look at compare where republicans are now to where democrats were in 2009, 2010, why did republicans do very well in 2010? it was actually, there was a substantive argument. they did pass, democrats passed health care. it was health care, cap and trade and stimulus. they passed two out of three of those. that was the rrth for rep...

Ryan noted as well, hes been in his campaign, hitting on a lot of the kind of cultural themes that the president has definitely focused on, on confederate statutes, on ms 13 and immigration, whats going on there? >> it seems thats a lot more about a strategic imperative to enliven the trump base and make sure those voters are enthused and energetic and a reason to show up today and vote than it does seem to be a continuation of ed gillespies long professed policy positions because it just hasnt ...

Everybody. >> thats an understatement. michael, you dont think its actually possible that flynn has been flipped? >> hes been quiet for a long time, and he has, i think, and jeffrey can tell me, hes got similar problems to manafort except the source of his funds is from turkey. and i think if he looks at the manafort indictment and he says i didnt right, i have the additional failure to do my disclosure form correctly. i have income that i didnt declare on my taxes and i mafia f bar issues for a...

Investigation happening. we dont know how cooperative papadopoulos was with the investigators. and there are others, people like carter page who seem very eager to talk to any and everybody. >> thats an under statement. but, michael, you think its actually possible that flynn has been flipped? >> hes been quiet for a long time. and he has, i think, and jeffrey can tell me if i have it right or wrong, he has very similar problems to manafort except the source of his funds is from turkey. and i th...

Property tax deduction, removing the income tax deduction all together chlgt those are hairy issues, particularly northeastern republicans have already stated unequivocally they will be against the bill if they dont see changes the big question right now is what will win out, the political imperative here to move forward to do something, anything legislatively or the fact that these details, these in the weeds provisions could make or break peoples political and policy potentially policy futures...

Republicans care about, the individual rate downs for most people, when you talk about the pass through rate for small businesses for 25%, thats a huge issue as well, these are the types of things republicans want. on top of all of that and john, you know this as well as anybody, there is a political imperative to do something. republicans came back a couple weeks ago recognizing after health care failures and other legislative failures they have to pass something. this would be a cornerstone do...

Thats the purpose of doing this. we are excited about doing this. without this, we cant reach potential. we think we can reach the potential. perhaps there is a fall back. can you commit now? the president who likes the word cut a lot you put it in there. can you commit that you will not fall back because of imperative. >> if you try to trim taxes and keep the special interest loopholes, they will stay the same. people who have connections and people who can afford them to navigate the code by a...

Mobilize and go after the bill. they want to try and take that away and seize on what a lot of members feel like in the wake of legislative failures is a political imperative, wolf. >> phil mattingly, thank you very much. lets get back to congressman ted yoho of florida. are you going to vote for this republican tax plan? >> i am seeing the complete language. i came into this thing very critical of the process and skeptical. after today, i feel a lot better about it and i feel this is something ...