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Party and replace it with whatever the hell is in his head with some sort of new nationalist/populist party. but folks are rejecting that. and these down ballot raises, republicans, my friends and clients, theyre scared to death youre going to get a lunatic ban no bannonite who is out in the orbit of pluto. bannon has basically been the skunk in the garden party. >> i wish rick would come out and say exactly how he feels. >> he never says or writes how he feels. i saw you nodding your head thoug...

I didnt take what sarah said today as the president threatening ryan anyway. i think he would genuinely be upset if he left because theyve kind of gotten momentum with regard to tax reform, theyll hit the ball out of the park in the next few weeks or so. i think they realize they have to work together. but from ryans standpoint, look, he was made for this moment. he loves these geeky numbers. he loves this tax talk. and from his standpoint, if this is able to be accomplished and were able to hav...

More complicated and more consequential than the send them all back and build the wall rhetoric that is popular. like i said the plan will be enormously popular with his base and hillary clinton. shell love this. this is the policy that launched a thousand ads in the fall of next year. >> all right. rick weilson, thank you. still to come in the newsroom in the wake of the deadly explosions in china, safety conditions in the country are under scrutiny. guess what. it aint pretty. toenail fungus...

Race. all in all, not such a great week for this white house. i want to bring in cnn political commentator scott jennings and alice stewart and political strategic rick weilson. good evening to all of you. rick, senator bob corker is leaning no, we dont know if republicans can get senator marco rubio on board, maybe hes trying to negotiate there. both senators mccain and cochran, theyre currently out for medical issues. do republicans have the votes they need to get this bill through? >> it is a...