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Well. but i did not like what he did last night, nor did any of them run on the skinny repeal bill. to get into conference to hope that they could fix it there. my question is this. to the extent that the republicans are in my view lacking the identity that the president has, he is saying i'll build a wall, all repeal and replace, tax cuts for the middle class, over corporations, energy independence. a very definitive stance you see the crowds. i didn't see that with the republicans this week. when you helped elect a lot of those guys. the u.s. is appointed as i am? >> i was very disappointed....

About all the time. the most bills in six months. the executive orders, the agenda of this president. it's something that i think everyone can be proud of. >> what is your biggest disappointment? >> look, i mean, i wish health care would have passed, but i don't think it's over yet, wolf. i think we could still get there. >> talk to us about that. how do you get there? because you don't have the votes. clearly not enough. >> they have to keep working, wolf. they have to roll up their sleeves and keep working. they have to come up with another amendment. i think lindsey graham has an amendment....

Least marginal improvement in their income. that's not a bad place for him to do. to do health care and get nothing done and now make tax reform even harder, waste of time. >> yeah, but mark, we early on, mark, not only did we say it around this set, but there were a lot of people in washington, a lot of conservatives going to donald trump, and telling him, don't start with health care reform. it killed the democrats, governing majority. it hurt hillary clinton and bill clinton in 1993. start with tax reform. do an infrastructure bill. do education reform. they got these warnings from everybod...

Signs in various districts and states across the country of republicans starting to creep away a bit from president trump on specific things. so i think you might see her take discrete steps away from him. it will be interesting to see how she calibrates on issues like repealing the affordable care act and core issues where the republicans have been struggling. i do think there were a lot of warning signs from last night's vote. this was not a district trump performed particularly well in. i don't think you can take it strictly as an anti-trump issue. more broadly, there is frustration among v...

Is the guy that's going to deliver that message. >> let me shift gears. you had a chance to speak with paul ryan on the radio this week. i know you've known him for a while, fellow wisconsinite. do you feel he's feeling why john boehner stepped down. >> he's living it. paul ryan did not want this job. he was a reluctant speaker. the job of speaker is essential low to herd cats. he's experiencing some of the main problems. i think he understands that right now there's a real crisis. do the republicans have a governing majority in the house of representatives. the answer so far is no. and i thin...