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Because of the difficult relationship with president trump. >> we're very different people. i'm from the upper midwest. not from new york. we are from a different generation. we have different styles. what we learned after we got to know each other. we had a lot of friction in our relationship. what we learned is a common agenda and we want to get it done and we know it will make a difference. that is what we were elected to do. >> paul ryan rose to prominence as a sharp pencil deficit hawk. he touted his role in the tax cuts. he helped pass the tax cuts to balloon the deficit in 2020. ryan's ...

Agenda and we want to get it done and we know it will make a difference. that is what we were elected to do. >> paul ryan rose to prominence as a sharp pencil deficit hawk. he touted his role in the tax cuts. he helped pass the tax cuts to balloon the deficit in 2020. ryan's departure is a real blow to republicans who saw him as a stable policy driven leader. the house gop faces a months long battle for leadership as it deals with the upcoming mid terms in november. among the contenders are kevin mccarthy and steve scalise. they both appeared alongside ryan with this photo tweeted out by presi...

And that's where you see you know the continuity that you've described, chris. i think that the -- you know throughout it all to be fair to paul ryan, he has you know, had the kind of mournful smile of one who has been told that his family dog has cancer for years throughout all of these things. he really has been a deficit hawk. but unfortunately his legacy will now be that by 2020 unhis watch the republicans powerhoused powerhoused a 1 trillion. >> robert draper who a nominal writer and a great reporter with the turn of phrase about the cancerous dog. mikki edwards what do you make of today....

They drifted away from him as well. >> here is the thing. i want to zoom in on this. i keep feeling people are moving the ball. like well, you know the -- the old version of conservativism which is fiscal restrain and the free market. if you look at the record of w bush. there was medicare part dee wsh tarp, huge deficits and debts. and now there is donald trump and he is so different. but we're about to have a military strike. there is a huge tack cuts for the rich lots of deficits and debt huge boost to defense spending. it does seem more continuity in all of this than people are admitting. ...

We had another one, dennis roth of florida deciding not to run. do the democrats feel like they've got a shot here? >> oh, for sure. paul ryan was the 40th house member of the republican caucus to retire. clearly, he made a crucial mistake. he took a job he didn't love. you heard him talk about the time on the ways and means committee chairman. he came to be a deficit hawk and just passed $3 trillion in spending and tax cuts. it's not what the man came to washington to do. i can see why he would be sick and tired. i admire his 20 years of public service. clearly the political wins are totally ...