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WASHINGTON — Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed in marathon voting Tuesday to become House speaker, a historic defeat with no clear way out as House Republicans dug in for a long, messy start for the new Congress.
Tonight we saw something different. we had a plan to have our show their life. it got so volatile a point that we ultimately didn't feel like it would be safe to do an hour of live television. where are we? >> i think it would be great to see people on the left, even if they want progressive goals that i don't want from a policy standpoint, admit the judiciary is not the way to do it. if you want to move policy to the left, as many democrats want to do, try to persuade the american people. don't try to do it with people who sit on a court where they don't ever have to face the voters again. in...
5-4 vote can mean. >> shannon: katie, there are conservatives who are about kavanaugh because they think he wasn't tough enough on the obamacare legislation when it came before him as a judge. >> that may be true. based on the press releases i've received, and my inbox more quickly if i can read them, they like this choice. the second member groups, pro-life groups, business groups. across the board, people are very happy about this pick and likely because democrats have already gotten so far to the left and their extremism and recycling arguments, as mitch mcconnell said today on the senate f...
Piece without? >> i am sure donald trump will do his best to get him to do that. but actually, that's really the red state democrats greatest fear, if someone like rand paul. this is going to be a disaster for red state democrats because if you saw, firsthand, you saw the crowd on the supreme court steps. imagine what they would do to a democrat who gave his vote to put brett kavanaugh on the supreme court. they are going to throw everything they have against the sky. the red state democrats are caught in the middle of the crossbars. the left is going to be demanding that they vote to kill kav...
Kavanaugh is highly regarded among most conservatives but he's raised some concerns in far right circles for 2011 decision that his critics say lay the groundwork for the spring forward to later uphold the constitutionality of the affordable care act. another concern comes from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. he is in charge of getting kavanaugh through the senate and he's worried kavanaugh's long track record will slow the confirmation process. make no mistake. tonight the vast majority of the president's supporters are very pleased. shannon, he has delivered on this key campaign prom...