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>> i have. >> bret: by slow walking the confirmations, who you know could be approved at the end easily, isn't it dragging it out and isn't it contributing to whatever chaos? >> these cabinet nominees, every nominee deserves a full vetting. that is our responsibility. doesn't mean rubber-stamp. lots of them had huge financial entanglements. the president said he was going to clean the swamp. well, the cabinet is filled with billionaires, wall street people. third, so many of the cabinet people have different ideas than what the president campaigned o on. >> bret: do you think you have hindered...

Have, calling its chaos. >> i have. >> bret: by slow walking the confirmations, who you know could be approved at the end easily, isn't it dragging it out and isn't it contributing to whatever chaos? >> these cabinet nominees, every nominee deserves a full vetting. that is our responsibility. doesn't mean rubber-stamp. lots of them had huge financial entanglements. the president said he was going to clean the swamp. well, the cabinet is filled with billionaires, wall street people. third, so many of the cabinet people have different ideas than what the president campaigned o on. >> bret: do yo...

A far right and a side on the far left. there's no reason to divorce those people. that is part of what the party system is and they have to have that debate about what the conservatives want and what the liberals want and how to make those things meet in the middle at a negotiation table. >> isn't it dragging down the moderates in the republican party? >> i don't think that it's driving down the moderates, i think the moderates have a great opportunity to work, especially with the debate that we have coming up. look, we just prolonged this debate on spending. and we have a great opportunity, ...

The government should not be shut down. the president has a hard job selling this health care years later, but the bottom line is republicans may take a hit dragging into broader negotiations. that's why you heard frustration on capitol hill behind closed doors. republican senators are wonders whether ted cruz, speaker boehner and house republicans are leading them down a blind alley. i'm not saying they are. there's a fear among republicans in private. some have said it publicly. a lot more behind closed doors are worried about where this is heading. >> i don't have a question. i have comment...