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>> but i think this is -- >> it's 89% for trump must not have that many rinos in it. >> matt talked about the votes that bush got. and thing is a clear sign that the republican party is not trying to rebuild the bush coalition. this is a sign that they want the trump coalition, and the trump coalition wasn't concerned about winning hispanic or black voters in the way that bush was. >> this is a question, i don't know, throw this out. i've been asking this question. before the election of 2016, i would have thought trump was going to win. i didn't know. and i kept asking people. all these angry...

Government shutdown, we lost the election. it doesn't work. we have 19% of republicans who prefer a shutdown -- >> right. >> -- over the health care program. >> i keep thinking about where the bush coalition has gone. i actually think the people who supported president george w. bush in 2000 and 2004 are describing themselves as independen independents. they don't look like the republicans of 2004. >> ramesh, you are sort of comparing the self-inflicted wounds on each side and each giving a leg up by their own stupidity. what's different, the rollout is bumbled and awful, no question. to mark'...

Gender changes that this country has undergone. after taking such a beating, are republicans prepared to confront reality or will they carry on whistling in the wind? joining me now from philadelphia is julian epstein, a democratic strategist and in nearby bethlehem, pennsylvania, dr. james peterson, an associate professor at lehigh university and a contributor at he grio.com. on tuesday republicans learned you can't win an election with only 6% of black voters, one-quarter of latinos, and a minority of young voters. so do you hear anything from their party circles today that makes you believe...

>> and remain speaker. you have to look at some of the republicans in the senate who signed up with the gang of six plan and whether they can now act like the grown-ups and whip those tea party kindergarteners into some shape at some point. it's a big -- >> it's a big if. >> this was a bad election for the tea party. so there is some incentive for boehner to push back somewhat on that coalition. >> but i still think if you look at the numbers of the house caucus, it's more tea partyish than not. anything he does, he still has to retain the support of half of his caucus. >> it means -- >> very ...

Bush coalition. i think what you will see now is the donors themselves can now split. there really is disagreement within the donors about what strategic direction to take the republican party. you have the koch brothers, purist embracing of the tea party, the mantra wing. and then you have a more mainstream hedge fund centered donor base which really are pushing more towards like layoff these social issues, let's try to broaden the coalition. i think that's the discussion that's going to happen in the outside of the party class. the outcome of that will have a huge impact on how congress beha...