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Major setback for his conception of the presidency. >> i'm not going to take anything he says that seriously. i love the neil gorsuch pick. i think he's what supporters of antonin scalia would have wanted and he's the rightful heir. howie: is it a major setback because of the 9 theth court ruling? >> i don't think it's a major setback. i think he should quit tweeting. all the political capital you have sort of goes out the window with these tweets. >> saying this helps trump with his base. some establishment figures in washington are saying it's a big setback. are you kidding me? he's trying t...

Having somebody like bossert in there with experience and with, you know, sort of credentials and maybe even the temperament and the understanding of how washington works from the white house to capitol hill is something that is making people breathe a little bit of a sigh of relief. >> no question, dana bash. thanks. back now with the panel and joining the conversation as well, cnn columnist. what do you make of this because you have establishment figures like a bossert and then you have flynn that makes a lot of people, shall we say, uncomfortable. what do you make of this competition, in ef...

B barletta. in short, the outsider president-elect is stacking his team, or appears to be preparing to stack his team with capitol hill insiders. so, mark, if trump hopes to make good on any of his campaign promises, he's going to need help bigly from the legislative branch. so what does the team he's building stem cetell us about h forthcoming relationship with congress? >> well, pence and priebus are putting a premium, clearly, on finding people to work with trump in the cabinet, in the white house, that have good ties with capitol hill and it raises a question of what is steve bannon's role...

>> also the larger fight twin republican party is playing out here too. the establishment versus the insurgents, people that to shake up washington versus people who are comfortable working in behind-the-scenes in washington. does he go a mitt romney route which could reassure those establishment republicans, we're not sure about donald trump presidency. does he go with someone who shakes up the system like a potential rudy giuliani would. >> essentially both are establishment figures. rudy giuliani is a little bit more brusk. he's not as telegenic as mitt romney is. this isn't about experienc...

Bring in david nakamora and jane newton small. thank you for being with us today. >> good morning. >> so, david, let me start with you, will trump's meeting with romney end up being more than a photo-op? could romney end up in trump's cabinet after their intense rivalry? >> it is hard to say. mitt romney criticized donald trump harshly last spring, became the face of the never trump movement, even polls that suggest trump could lose utah where romney lives. didn't happen. trump carried the state. you're seeing the gop establishment getting in line, falling behind the trump administration and t...