republicans. it's rush limbaugh, charles krauthammer. the conservative opinion elite that said how dare you, newt gingrich, do this. >> there's a reason for this. it goes back to 1995. if you look at the republican proposals, yes, it was reducing the rate of growth. parn thetically anyone would take that deal now. secondarily, many of the components if not all were of the plan newt gingrich tried to engine engineer. so philosophical debate with paul ryan except whether it should be mandatory or voluntary. it didn't say that. came across as intellectual vanity, abused and wounded. and republicans had no tolerance for that. stick around. we're going to take a quick break because we've got to pay for all of the makeup that's put on major and i.