and then also, he's going to have to manage a crazy town over in the house of representatives. he's going to figure out if there's anything. that mccarthy can get across the finish line that would be palatable to americans. it is going to be tough because right now, mccarthy is on bended knee to crazy town. marjorie taylor greene and all the others are the ones who can make him speaker. he can't be speaker without them. so you think boehner had trouble with the freedom caucus. you think paul ryan had trouble with the right-wing, you haven't seen anything until you see what is going to happen in the house of representatives with mccarthy and this very slim majority, and everyone pushing and pulling to try to be more extreme than the next. >> this just seems like one of those situations where everybody needs to buckle up and brace for impact. next year is going to be a doozy in the lower chamber. mark, staff writer at the atlantic, and former missouri democratic senator claire mccaskill, the greats, thank you so much for being here in closing out the year with me. >> thank you. >> happy new year. coming up, the one, the only,