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Reporter for "the washington post." robert, did this come as out of left field to gop politicos as it seemed to come out of left field to all of us today, when this crossed the wires? >> ive spoken to several top republicans and close friends of former speaker hastert and theyre stunned. they never expected this. and hes someone whos always kept close counsel. someone who was a candid figure a colorful figure even when he was inside of the house. but most interesting about this chris, these refe...

>> this is exactly what the founding fathers feared. >> who is this man? and why is he running for president? "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. im chris hayes. dennis hastert, speaker of the house for eight years, from the end of bill clintons president through most of george bushs presidency has today been indicted, quoting the "chicago tribune" on federal charges alleging he agreed to pay $3.5 million in apparent hush money, to a longtime acquaintance blackmail...

0 democrats. but they can lose their seats to fellow republicans in primaries. so it could be that even if americans do blame a shutdown on the gop, house republicans will still decide that it is in their own personal political self-interest to resist giving in. and, again this is just the shutdown were talking about here. even if this gets resolved soon, were still weeks away from facing the exact same impasse over something even more ominous, the debt ceiling. i have to admit, i struggle to se...

To ne dpoegotiate with harry re. and then it also gets house democrat support. all the while, hes got an eye when hes up for reelection. house speaker boehner has shown that hes looargely, not entire, but larngly. remember, his deputies were both there with him when plan b was introduced. the logical successes arent actually there. >> paul ryan is not the guy to watch, right? so paul ryan is the guy who has the real support of the house con sefbtives. a lot of people dont like boehner, they love...

What happened here. so while this is an important part, there are many chapters that are going to be happening over the next 24 hours. and well see if they can get it done. the goal to have something ready to look at by sunday. >> and my eyes didnt glaze over, honestly. this has been a rough couple of weeks for house speaker john boehner. and its not hard to conclude that hes the first casualty of this word. boehner put forward his plan b when he couldnt rustle up enough republican votes. joinin...

Introduced. the logical successes arent actually there. >> paul ryan is not the guy to watch, right? so paul ryan is the guy who has the real support of the house conservatives. a lot of people dont like boehner, they love paul ryan. now ryan, at the final minute, remember, he was with you for plan b. paul ryan, probably the most high profile guy, hes not running against boehner. hes not even interested. >> but robert, if the president gets this through, and i know thats a big if, doesnt this me...

years eve, at 6:00 p.m. for the second annual revvie awards. on behalf of everyone here at politics nation, have a safe and h happy new year. "hardball" starts right now. >> deal or no deal. lets play ""hardball." >> good evening. im richard wolf in for chris matthews. at the 11th hour, just when people were starting to lose hope, the president met with congressional leaders this afternoon and declared he was modestly optimistic about a deal on taxes. speaking in the white house briefi...

>> deal or no deal. lets play "hardball." >> good evening. im richard wolf in for chris matthews. at the 11th hour, just when people were starting to lose hope, the president met with congressional leaders this afternoon and declared he was modestly optimistic about a deal on taxes. speaking in the white house briefing room, president obama condemned congress for failing to resolve its differences in any normal way. >> christin, lets take a listen to what the president said about the u...

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