But because his fake filibuster was a foregone conclusion, you have to understand what he did, not his legislating, but his performance. Now, number one, just as a consumer, im a big fan of eating white cattstle burgers. You know, almost all of us are in cheap suits with bad hair cuts, who cares . Could you, would you, most americ americans couldnt give a flying flip, i would be happy if a single story came out never mentioning my name. I confess i really do feel embarrassed by that. And i this i i can, i think i can, i think i can. No, you cant, i think i can, no you cant, we cant win, you cant stop obam. Ted cruz latest filibuster is the latest skirmish is what Rush Limbaugh calls the fight for the Republican Party, it shows who has the upper hand. It doesnt matter what state you go to. You can go to any state in the union. Washington is pretending not to know. You see the promise of ted cruz was that he could unite the two wings of the party that are at each others throats. The ruling class that is catering to the 1 . In the beginning, the establishment had had Great Expectations for ted cruz, in 2008, they gave him the cover, calling him the next great conservative hope. Others say he is as good as it gets as a candidate. The daily beast asked in 2012 is ted cruz going to be the next barack obama . What made him so appealing is he has the instincts of sarah palin with all the credentials of mitt romney, only ted cruz could keep the hot side hot and the cool side cool. As the base and the establishment have clashed over everything from syria to immigration reform, cruz has deftly avoided offending either side, but yesterday he offended the establishment. Just like in star wars movies, the empire will strike back. And then, senator palpiteen took the floor. To somehow allege that many of us are not or havent fought hard enough, i think does not comport with the actual action that took place on the floor of the senate. Now, if you were not sure that ted cruz was casting his political fortunes in with the base, all you need to do was follow the money. According to the daily beast today ted cruz fake fight against obama care is making millions, noting that the campaign, the senate had its largest nonelection fundraising to date at one and a half million dollars. The Republican Partys donors, on the other hand, were not impressed. Buzzfeed said it could cost him millions, reporting they are rolling their eyes at the longshot attempt to keep the Controversial Health care law from fully going into effect. With his 21 hour filibuster, ted cruz declared his allegiance to the Rush Limbaughlistening party. So it is no surprise that he called Rush Limbaugh first. What is not surprising is how many want a show boat to contend to their constituents, to show what theyre fighting for, rather than actually fighting for it and winning. Joining me, robert costa, a cnbc contributor. Robert, what is the fallout in. It has been devastating for senator cruz within the Senate Republican conference. There is a lot of frustration when i get to his colleagues, they say he is launching a political campaign, doesnt have many allies in the base. Does that mean the idea does change . To the extent there was a plausible strategic imperative here. Does it mean the momentum would gain i have no idea, that democrats would vote to defund obama care, i guess . Is this just going to go the way everyone said it would go . When you listen to senator cruz on Rush Limbaugh and you highlight it in your introduction, it is not so much about the end game. This is about how conservatives and republicans handle the divided government. How they look at divided government. How they want to interpret it and manage it. And if conservatives like cruz want to push hard, while the john mccain wing of the party say we should deal with reality and push for incremental change. There is breaking news right now, a reporter got his hands on what the house gop is planning to do on the debt ceiling. And here is the irony, after everyone said what ted cruz was doing was crazy and a stunt, out comes the plan to deal with the debt ceiling deadline, which we know now is october 13th, according to the treasury, that is as unthinkable as delaying to a obama care, that idea is exactly as dead on arrival as ted cruz plan is. Right, but just step with me into the conservative world. This is the reality that john boehner is dealing with. The more rational move right now, the better decision is to actually fight for a debt limit battle, maybe even put default on the line to get concessions from the white house, you and i discussed it before. Doesnt seem like the best play for the republicans, but for the speaker establishment of the republicans that seems to be the best play on the table. And much higher factor, orders of magnitude, running through that deadline precisely that reason that i think that john boehner thinks he has more leverage there. But i just cant see under any circumstances the white house negotiating towards delaying obama care, so that seems more illfated. Thank you very much. Lets turn to congressman chris van hollen, ranking member. What is the game plan here . Well, chris, we dont know what Speaker Boehner is going to do at this point. He has been very closelipped about it. The question is if he will try to attach another unrelated provision to the bill to keep the government running, whether it is related to obama care or something else. If he does that, it will be a clear signal that he is really working hard to shut down the government. And remember, ted cruz has gotten himself a little isolated on the senate side. But over here in the house, you have a lot of ted cruz es, and so far they kind of wrapped their arms around him and gave him an attaboy. Of course in the senate, he is a minority where there is a minority party. But in the house, the ted cruzes, they have their hands on the Steering Wheel so far. That is why Speaker Boehner has not told us what he is going to do because he has not checked with the tea party caucus. As you mentioned, he is moving to double down on the debt ceiling which would create huge damage to the economy. Ill talk about that in a second, but you as a member of the house leadership have literally no idea what is going to happen in the next three days in terms of what Speaker Boehner is going to bring up for a vote . You have no idea . That is exactly right. And in fact, we have asked and the answer that has come back is, they dont know yet. And as i say the reason for that is Speaker Boehner cant know what his plan is moment to moment or day to day without consulting with the ted cruzes of the house. Theyre running the show. Tell me, the plan that is leaked out to the press, the plan for the next crisis. The strategy here if folks are paying attention, john boehner wants to get past this crisis which is to try to get a continuing resolution passed with the promise that he will be extra tough on the next crisis of the debt ceiling which is october 17th, where he feels he has more leverage, and is far more apocalyptic, is that dead on arrival . That is totally dead on arrival. Think about what would apply, the diversion to already millions of americans that are already benefitting from the Affordable Care act, kids who are no longer denied care because of preexisting conditions. But on top of that it would exclude people from insurance, if you were to say the mandate doesnt apply for a year. What happens to premiums . They go through the roof. So that is just not going to happen. And to hear the speaker say he is going to double down on that should cause great concern to people throughout the country regardless of their politics. From a perspective, you could reap political gains by just running the experiment and letting the disaster flower, but of course millions of americans would be hurt and youre not going to do that. Thank you, congressman. All right, next, joining me steve kornacki, i find the rift in the Republican Party fascinating. And it is one of those things that is a cliche, but it is a very real thing, getting more intense to the point where you see substantive clashes like syria intervention, and up until now i felt that ted cruz was very deftal ldeftl y walking thn this. In the give away a few months ago when ted cruz had the speech where he talked about the squishes. He was up against the squishes in the senate who wont fight hard enough and compromise too easily. I take your point on the rift. I dont see it as a real rift in the Republican Party, because substantivy, everybody in the Republican Party says that the obama care is a terrible plot that needs to be repealed. The question becomes tactical, and it really plays into ted cruz hand, because he can say the only difference between me and bob corker is im willing to push it forward. Here is the thing, he sides with the base on attack actical thing that is not going to work, but on the reform, for syria, he was careful not to be out ahead on anything. Rand paul took strong positions, Chris Christie took positions largely on the establishment, why ted cruz . Because i think he is purely driven by selfinterest. This is a nonideological fight on the obama care, he has defined himself as the one voice out there against all the squishes who say it cant be done. He is willing to fight. He doesnt need bob corker or john mccain giving him cover, he needs the club growth, theyre all with him so far, if he loses the big dollar donor, he will make up for it with herein lies the fascinating thing, if you look at the last two primaryies, you have john mccain and mitt romney, they were the squishes. Because those guys who were eyerolling, the ones that were in the room when mitt romney made the 47 comment. Sarah palin was not the nominee, she didnt even run. Michelle bachmann, sarah palin, she didnt even run i have been waiting since the prelude to the 1996 republican primaries, when bob dole and john mccain loses, that is good. I have never seen the frontrunner, the establishment struggle the way romney did. They were never going to coalesce, 2012, Rick Santorum was able to get to 12 primaries he was plausible. I think cruz is a lot more plausible as a republican nominee than anybody that romney came up against in 2012. Do you think well see a race towards more cruzism . Has this been a political victory or a disaster . I think you can declare it both ways. What he did last night was in a way defensive, because he screwed up last week, last week he said it was just going to die in the senate. It allowed his opponents in the Republican Party to finally say you know what, he is not fighting as hard as we are. He had to put on a show to show the base. I think he regained his footing with the base. The telling thing to me, most of the voices in the republican world are not off the record. That tells you, i think the thing you really need to know. Steve kornacki, you can watch him saturdays and sundays at 8 00, on up with steve kornacki, a good slot. I watch it. And coming up, what many call a genius award, what he was doing years ago may have come as a surprise to mos republicans in congress. Stay with us. Without the thinking that makes it real . Whats a vision without the expertise to execute it. And the financing to make it grow . 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That was california surfer jason green who we cant get enough of in the office. He is the man that they have used as the face. They centered on him, to members of the house. House majority eric cantor encouraged his allies to spotlight the surfer, to the 39 billion cuts to Food Stamp Program this month. The Congressional Budget Office said it would cost an 8 Million People their food stamp eligibility if passed into law. They sent an email, saying they cashed their food stamps in lobster, the fellow republicans took it from there, here is randy harris before the vote. This is a common sense reform that cuts waste, fraud and abuse, leaving more money for the americans who truly need help in time of need. What the heck does that graphic say . I dont even know, at the heart of the republican argument that the idea of the use of food stamps is exploding because people have been lured into the use, it is all surfer dudes and lottery earners. Yet, only 3 of the food stamps were trafficked, and much of it going on is people trade are their food stamps to store owners for cash. 1 6 of the country is receiving it. It has far less to do with the Great Recession than the Obama Administration. Nearly half of the households headed by females with children live in poverty. In 2010, 75 of food stamp ho e households include a child orderly. And todays headlines give us the perfect count, news that dancer and choreographer kyle abram will receive a stipend to follow his vision. While kyle says he still needs to raise money for his Dance Company he now has the freedom to make art without going hungry. We await the fox news documentary on his life. Meanwhile, joining me is mr. Genius, if i can call you that, congratulations. How does this feel, what does it mean for your work . Oh, man, it is crazy, i cant even get into how blessed feel, just knowing i can pay off my student loans, it is insane, from graduate school and undergraduate school, thinking about paying my rent, a and thinking about all i can do for my company, you know, we just started Getting Health Care for my company, that will be in place, and knowing we have the cushion. Three years ago you were on the snap program. Tell me about the circumstances that led you to go onto food stamps. Sure, for me it was a really hard time. You know, i was actually touring a good deal, but mostly as a solo artist and doing a lot of commission work. So Dance Companies or colleges might call me and ask me to make a dance for them. But there is definitely a lot of time when im trying to spend money on the company and trying to make sure, i can support and provide for my dancers as much as possible, so we can create work as much as possible and tour whenever possible. But i think it was that, and also thinking about my father, who at the time was needing a lot of care. And trying to figure out how i can help out my family and eat a meal, and pay the student loans. It was just so hard, and really stressful for me to try to do all of those things and make art at the same time. And you were only on for less than a year, and then you moved out of it, which is what most recipients are on for a temporary amount of time. What is your reaction when you see this kind of caricature that has been created about these lazy moochers that are getting over on the taxpayer. Well, ultimately, i dont know his story. That is the message there, we dont really know the stories. The government needs to get to know the individual a little bit more before they can take something away from them. And i think a lot of people are ashamed to ask for help. It is such a huge step, to know that knowingly, people dont want a handout for the rest of their lives. People want to be able to take care of themselves. What does it mean that you were able to go from a true area of economic hardship, and to follow your passion and genius, if i can use the word, and be on the other side of the rainbow . It keeping me to stay humble. I will never forget where i came from and where im still trying to get to. The irony is, this is a sixyear thing that i will be undergoing. But i need to make sure that im constantly keeping an eye on where the money is going so that we can build some kind of stability for our company and have a long career as a Dance Company. Kyle abraham, congratulations on your program, we really appreciate it. Thank you so much. Well be right back. You need. To be this awesome. And you. Rent from national. Because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. And go. You can even take a fullsize or above, and still pay the midsize price. aaron purrrfect. vo meeeow, business pro. Meeeow. Go national. Go like a pro. 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