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For majority leader after of course the evacuation of that seat by cantor. today we're going to look at how this all is reverberating for candidates on both sides of the aisle and those in office. nancy pelosi seems to have moved on quickly. >> i have as much sympathy for mr. cantor as he would want me to have for him. why are you laughing? that was a sincere comment. you next then we'll come over here. -- that he would have for me. >> she is brutal. in keeping with how politico put the left's reaction, watch the gop implode, but will the gop implode? is the brat bounce scrappy out is the over...

Spencer ackerman. peter, did the white house expect this? folks focused on the crisis in syria said it could spill over and that's exactly what it seems to have done. is the white house prepared? is there a strategy? >> well, look, they knew obviously this is a threat in iraq, it's been going on for a number of months. i think they, like everybody, were surprised by sort of the swiftness of this week's particular developments, that it moved so rapidly, powerfully and close to baghdad on a quick timetable. you heard the president say, as you played the tape, he's not ruling anything out. his sp...

>> so there isn't any leadership. and speaker boehner doesn't dare endorse anybody. first of all, he's weak. secondly, it would be counterproduct in, i think, were he to say i want kevin mccarthy. he's being squarefcareful about. what is the strategy? the tea party people may well have enough juice in the house to force a shutdown situation. and if you know these people, if you talk to them, interviewing them in the hallways, you know that shutting the government down is what they want to do. it's consistent with their theory of things, they're not here to make deals. and this is why eric cant...

>> power vacuum, top member of leadership, dethroned. >> any man who must say i am the king is no true king. >> top house republicans are scrambling to fill the leadership void. >> hard to overstate the intense political maneuving the conservative tea party wing. >> red state conservatives wanting one of their own. >> the tail is wagging the dog. >> a time for unity. >> why do we pretend kings hold all of the power? >> there's a danger, moving the party to the right. >> for conservatives they've been frustrated a long time. >> the tea party argument going back to 2009. >> this, i think, should...

Gop implode. >> winter is coming. >> it has begun, a fevered, high stakes competition, in which passionate camps of like-mined fans join together to root for their favorites and cheer the brutal crushing of their rivals. it's not the world cup but the battle for the control of the republican party. in the house, this means seven days of jockeying for position as republicans prepare to pick their replacement for majority leader eric cantor, one week from today. as of right now, the race is between texas congressman pete sessions and majority whip kevin mccarthy, the man cantor himself yesterday...