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>> reporter: all of these options are thorny. if they go to another round of balloting, it's not clear -- i would be surprised if mccarthy were able to peel off the number of people that he needs from this 20 no vote coalition on his side to actually become speaker on this next ballot. what we are hearing is that the mccarthy team could go for a motion to adjourn until tomorrow. you are right, that would buy them time. it would save them another round of embarrassment if he were to lose on this fourth ballot. as i was walking over here, i tried to find some key members of that 20 no ...

Hill in a bit. before that, let's go to the other side of the capital. we'll have congressman tom cole. let's start quickly, what really changes between a speaker mccarthy and a speaker boehner? speaker mccarthy is right out of your wing of the party, the mainstream legislative, conservative, governing wing of the party. >> i think first of all, luke had it right, kevin does have an incredible set of personal skills and relationships that span the conference. second, i think he gets a goodwill period, a honeymoon, and that's something that's hard to get, as was the case with the speaker. and f...

Boehner's lackeys in congress are happy to repeat the speaker's talking points. >> the day that the devastating sequestration cuts, the president's sequestration cuts take effect, and we have yet to hear a plan from the president. >> well, that's two. first boehner and now his lackey. well, the water carriers over at fox news, they're happy to push the same propaganda. >> all right. the cuts are not smart. they're not fair. they're going to hurt the economy. but what the president didn't mention, that the sequester, that was his idea in the first place. >> not smart, not fair, it was his idea?...

Senate races or was this a largerither the economy or access to health care? what do you think was driving the races? >> i think it's a combination of women who are paying attention to whether or not government is going to make critical decisions about their ownealth care and the economic impact of that. really we saw this begin back months ago, almost at the beginning of the time when the the house and the first few bills were trying to put a budget together so government wouldn't shut down boehner said on the table between us and having the government shut was parenthood. he made it a budget...

The money they need and get rid of these super-pacs. >> romney used the power of a super-pac to go from a north carolina loss to a florida win. when house speaker john boehner was asked today about the obama campaign daes decision on super-pacs, he said in. >> another broken promise. >> whether the rules was handed down boehner called it a big win for the first amendment. he said let the american people decide how much money is enough. let's turn to msnbc political analyst and bloomberg view columnist jonathon alter and "washington post" columnist ezra kline. a lot on the table here. first of ...