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For six years and shaping the way that our federal government is run. that will transform government for 50 years. weve got to unite. >> the nominating wing of the party, which is the tea party phase right now, it is ted cruz right now, he gets huge -- >> thats not the nominating wing of the party. those are people that -- those sort of candidates we had in 2012, you see it all the time. they come out early on. the media loves to talk about them for a year and a half. they go out and do pretty w...

For six years and shaping the way that our federal government is run. that will transform government for 50 years. weve got to unite. >> the nominating wing of the party, which is the tea party phase right now, it is ted cruz right now, he gets huge -- >> thats not the nominating wing of the party. those are people that -- those sort of candidates we had in 2012, you see it all the time. they come out early on. the media loves to talk about them for a year and a half. they go out and do pretty w...

You have to come out and basically state the facts. it was a misstatement. he needed to be clear. he can apologize and move on and focus on the good things in obama care that are going to improve peoples lives. the more you kind of, you know, play this song and dance around the edges, the more you kind of give fodder to the republicans to kind of keep beating you and beating you and the more you create a problem with the american people. >> well, with republicans, emily miller, i mean, how do re...

The sidelines, he actually wants to get things done. hes working with mitch mcconnell, distanced himself from the shutdown strategy for ted cruz. i think the one thing these guys have in common not mentioned, they both make these populist pitches and they both come from these elitist backgrounds. ted cruz went to harvard and princeton -- >> never lets you forget it. >> never lets you forget it. supreme court. rand paul is the son of a congressman and they both are the insurgents coming to washin...

At this point take one of two positions. all right, this is going to go into effect january 1, lets see where this is or where it will be derailed. where are you on the spectrum? >> well, candy, i can tell you this is a mess. youve seen not only the problems with the website. but its much deeper than the website including so many americans that are getting cancelation notices including stories from people in new hampshire rising premium costs as a result of obama care. so its much deeper than th...

Through the brush with many of these supporters of congressman king, many of whom are conservative activists in the state that youd want to court and get to know should you be interested in mounting a 2016 campaign. so what hes doing here is really starting -- its a slog to campaign here and to actually win. and you have to start building the networks really at the ground level. and voters here really want to hear directly from the candidate. so hes a little bit behind some others who have run h...

Amount of time in the sun and thats it. lets not forget michele bachmann won iowa, so if all this attention is put on iowa now, we saw what happened with her presidential ambitions. hes doing what is in his best interests. it seems that was his government strategy. shutdown strategy, get some attention off of it. but republicans have a lot of work to go ahead and fix their brand, no doubt. >> and in a way, nobody loves ted cruz more than the democrats, chris, because of what he has done to the r...

Be in the important 2016 caucus state of iowa. hes headlining the state gops ronald reagan dinner. in an interview, cruz would not say whether hed be willing to shut down the government again as leverage in the looming budget deadlines. quote, there will be time enough to talk about specific strategies and tactics. but of course polls show the shutdown strategy torpedoed the republican brand in just one month losing ground in key demographic groups from women to seniors, independents to white co...

Trying to delay the individual mandate. thats the next fight. they sort of lost the fight on defunding and getting rid of obama care, but delaying the individual mandate is going to be the next big fight that republicans push into the new year, especially if they cant get these problems resolved and you see a trickle of stories continuing to come out. >> chris, i want to the give you the final question. these comments from dick durbin on facebook, who said, quote, many republicans searching for ...

Finger wagging and second guessing over his shutdown strategy, senator ted cruz takes a victory lap back in texas. and a very good morning for washington, its tuesday, october 23rd, 2013, and this is the daily rundown. im kristen welker in for chuck todd. the markets have been flying blind for more than two weeks waiting for the september jobs report, which was delayed by the shutdown. we finally got that report this morning, but its not moving wall street much one way or the other. take a look....