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News, there's in the that respect that used to exist in the house with whaer going to rely on whatever the incumbents say. everyone that was in the race today was elected in 2007 or later. that is completely different than the seniority system that's traditionally been set up in the house. so i think it's something else worth noting. >> if history serve as any guide, kevin mccarthy is not opg only likely to be majority leader, but the next speaker of the house whenever john boehner retires. we all heard rumors that he was thinking of retiring maybe next spring. does the shake-up with cantor an...

Your stoitsy webs it's difficult in the money gop. >> there's no question about it and therein lies the real problem. you can't continue to serve what seems to be the gop talking heads and the loud noise in washington and serve your constituents. they are at xleeftly different ends of the spectrum. that's what we saw with eric cantore. it wasn't about immigration. he lost his feat because of the stalemate that they saw him advancing. they weren't helping to move the economic agenda forward. that's what his district said in exit polls and it was really clear. i want to say quickly there's also ...

Party majority leader. tea party politicians have promised tea party voters something they can't deliver that by simply standing their ground and refusing to compromise they can force any policy agenda they want on a democratic president and a democratic senate. basically, if you become majority leader you will end up doing the sorts of things eric cantor did that made the conservative base hate him and therefore you risk meeting the same fate that he met. that's why hard right heavy weights stayed out and most voted for mccarthy, even those who scored high would never raise the debt limit. th...

House republicans just elected a new majority leader and the winner is this man, representative kevin mccarthy of california. conservatives who didn't like eric cantor will probably find the new guy to be pretty similar. let's look at the issues. no issue hurt cantor more with one serve tiff voters more than immigration. it's not because cantor supported immigration reform, but he's made enough wishy washy statements to enrage anti-immigration hard liners. he thinks we should legalize undocumented immigrants who are already here, but don't worry conservatives, he won't call it amnesty. eric ca...

Both industry for migrant workers as well as the tech industry hold him accountable to getting some type of measure even considered and not the piece that boehner talked about last year. >> aing angela, my friend, i wish i could be as optimistic about the future of immigration reform. but i can't. kevin mccarthy illustrates the complexity of that issue. you talk about the large group of latinos, his relationship with silicone valley, but it seems it's difficult nowadays to be in the leadership of the modern gop and serve your constituents. it's part of the wall that eric cantor ran into and ev...