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This spectacle to play out on "primetime" television, then youre not interested in whats best for the republican party. but that leaves 16. and i think kevin is trying to pick them off one by one. >> bret: mollie? >> we have seen so 78 people talk about how chaotic and embarrassing this is. i think a lot of this is about just democracy in action. we are seeing people going down and voting and debating. this is generally a good thing. and, it also is a lesson for the republican party, i think, in...

He said they need to push to make sure congress works better. if we did not have this narrow majority we would not have the leverage we need to make these changes, so they are pushing for more changes but even if they get scott perry and chip roy and byron donalds, it is unclear if they can get those other -- mccarthy can get those other members in order to secure the speakership so well see what they died to do right now. it seems unlikely they have the votes to adjourn the house. they didnt ha...

So, you -- would think you would have some negotiating leverage within the caucus itself using other caucus numbers to get that pressure to bare minimum 20. its because something that i learned a very early in my tenure at the rnc with the emergence of the tea party. its that for them and for a lot of the remnants of what is left inside the freedom caucus, jim jordan was part of that original class, uhm -- its a two-pronged approach. one is respect, right? because they dont ever feel that they h...

Democrats and joe biden to be running on a record of what they will call success for two years. and now, seeing a party that does not have a coherent message heading into a presidential. >> to your point, the real power the speakership is two things. first, constitutionality of it. and a second is that you basically speak for a majority body, right, inside the house of representatives. and when you have, when you go into the negotiations with the white house, or even if the senate, right, becaus...

Group on the hard right do not trust him. they dont see kevin mccarthy is one of them. they are basically right about that. kevin mccarthy is someone who at least initially hailed from the more moderate establishment wing of the gop. the complication for him is the republican majority is so small that those hard right members have a lot of leverage and they can frustrate them and have frustrated them today from any realistic chance of becoming speaker. so could he drop out? from what we have hea...

Told me more about why kevin mccarthy is not as popular as hed hoped with some republicans. this group on the hard right dont trust him, they dont see kevin mccarthy as one of them, and they are basically right about that. kevin mccarthy is someone who at least initially hailed from the more moderate establishment wing of the gop. the complication for him is the republican majority is so small that those hard right members have a lot of leverage and they can frustrate him and have frustrated him...

To. its a losing battle. >> well, its not new. and thats one of the things about the house of representatives is the managing minority factions within your conference or caucus is not a new thing. its part of the job. i think the real problem here is since 2016, since the ascension of trump and the maga element inside the party, mccarthy and other republican leaders i think across the country, even in state parties have had to really try and play indicate this -- the folks that sort of represent...

Its the unified message that you can send against the white house that helps you break through. theyre already starting off the new year without any. >> this is off a gift to joe biden. >> its so important. so important. >> its going to be the blame game olympics for the next year, and it is wide open for the democrats and joe biden to be running on a record of what they will call success for two years, and now seeing a party that does not have a coherent message heading into a pressure. turkey,...

Offer, some proposal that they could then present to the rest of the conference, see if the rest of the conference agrees with the changes, which include give the rank-and-file members, the far-right members key assignments, to use nor leverage over the speakership. the question, though, is can the rest of the conference agree to it? thats why theres been active discussions al day long about whether they can delay the vote for another day. they want more time to have those discussions play out i...

>> when you look the at the concessionings, how healthcare car thi could get these people to change their minds. what leverage does he have at this point that he didnt have a week or two weeks ago? >> those are two distinct questions. he could do anything he wants. hes the speaker. the speaker has enormous power in situation like this. he cant do much to change some of these peoples minds because some of these people just hate him. many people say its not personal, it is personal. i have been ob...