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78% are against shutting out the government. >> whats even more surprising in the poll is that a real split among republicans, ive never seen anything like this. 48% approved of shutting down the government, but 49% disapproved of shutting down the government, so theres a real split. inside those numbers is the tea party, 57% approves of shut shutting down the government. does this show you are held hostage to a minority faction in your caucus? >> no, absolutely not. when you look at the constit...

Shrinking away, doesnt that argue that we are still a two-party system and it still is as powerful as ever? >> no. i think people are undecided, just because theyre undecided doesnt mean theyre happy with the choices theyve got. i would argue that people arent particularly happy with those choices. >> but thats happened before? >> sure it has. sure it has. but, you know, in this environment if we had a different option, if we had mike bloomberg or somebody else out there, i think that you would ...

The senate never dresses things. the big question, can they put that aside for this brief moment, can the speaker get their help one more time. >> and phil, the republicans run the show, so the biggest burden is on them. but what about the democrats? any internal conflicts with the leave the republicans alone approach? >> reporter: an enormous amount of internal conflict. the reality is right now theyre waiting for republicans. they want to see if republicans can get this done. as one democrat t...