senate majority leader harry reid said that boehner is more worried about his job than the country, bowing to pressure from the segment of his caucus that insists on making their dislike of obama care part of the spending bill. as i said, back with our panel. so what do you make of this? alex? >> i think the republicans we have them right where we want them. doing a great job lowering expectations. >> michele bachmann says she's never seen the republican party happier. >> if you'd asked me a good idea a month ago i'd have said no, don't bet on a losing hand of cards. but once you're going over the rapids, this is not the time to jump out of the raft here. republicans have to ride this out. they've drawn a bright red line just like our president often does. >> to go over the waterfall. to extend a metaphor. >> their only shot is sticking together on the raft. i'm afraid at the end of the day that -- our party is divided. >> no.