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Nominee. after that i felt paul was always chasten, always looking over his right shoulder. i believe he could have lost his speaker position over it, so i believe thats the main reason he didnt push back more. >> why would it matter, because he said he didnt want to be speaker in the first place. thats what he said. >> i guess if he wasnt going to run anymore, why not push back? i felt he should have pushed back more. he had every opportunity to. there were times he spoke up, but i felt it shou...

People. tim ryan was on that list many, many times. who is a household name? the biggest fundamental problem with the democratic party is they have no bench of people who can take over. everybody who they have is the oldest whitest person humanly possible, which is supposedly not what the democrats want. i dont know who wants the speaker position. >> dana: we do know nancy pelosi does. >> of course nancy pelosi does. you will get punched in the face every day by the president of the united state...

Ryan just now. paul ryan, 236 votes. you needed 218 to be elected. that was -- even though it seems like a close margin, its a relatively comfortable margin. one thing kevin mccarthy, the house majority leader, who was considering running for the speaker position right after mr. boehner announced his resignation, he did not want to run because he was worried he would only get 219, 220 votes. so the fact ryan was able to get some folks on the right to back him is significant. now, yesterday i had...

Reluctant yes, a conditioned yes. paul ryan realized if he were to walk away from this position, he would be viewed at selfish and someone who did not step up when his party needed him. and hes not going to have to fund raise like john boehner did. i think he realized the speaker position will allow him the opportunity to move forward on these policies. but most importantly he got the -- not the full-on endorsement of the freedom caucus, but a motion of support from them where he thought, hey, i...

Meeting that has just surfaced. in the next few hours, paul ryan will meet with a few members of the house freedom caucus, the conservative group thats taking credit for knocking off john boehner from the speakership, and ryan will be meeting with some members of that group later tonight. its not a formal meeting of the freedom caucus, im told, just a get-together. ryans staff saying, look, he never denies fellow members an opportunity to speak with him if they want to speak with them. as to whe...

Been a on a break, everybody wait fog congressman paul ripe to announce whether he will run for speaker although he has said he does not want to run, and in the face of objections from the right wing of his party. theres other work to get. to congress has days to decide whether to raise the nations debt limit. otherwise the government will not have enough money to pay bills temp the freedom caucus is trying to force a move to defunded planned parenthood in connection with a debt decision. lets s...

Director of the center for politics at the university of virginia is my guest today. i think its pretty crystal clear that whats happening out in the presidential race where people want an outsider, at least today, thats kind of what theyre saying about the speaker position too, right? >> yes. i think there really is a connection here. gretchen, this has been building for years. the republican party was once very higherarchical. speerk of t things have begun to change. i think since the mid part...

We just heard live on our air representative john flemming talking about this upcoming vote going to happen in the house tonight as they elect a nominee to put forward for the next speaker position after john boehner vacates on october 30th. after today moving forward there will be o vote on october 29th. that is with the full house. so who is going to be the guy -- or gal. s guys right now. and i want to bring in our panel. he just heard from representative flemming that

People. not of the donors, by the donors and for the donors. >> you know, governor, dan webster of florida, one of two candidating vying for the speaker position, had said its all press to him. he wants the freedom to avoid this legislative road block, where legislation that has bipartisan support, or at least more than 200 members for a piece of legislation, that doesnt just stymy like planes on a runway, and its about the process and clearing the hurdle so the house can do what it wants to do,...

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