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>> and remain speaker. you have to look at some of the republicans in the senate who signed up with the gang of six plan and whether they can now act like the grown-ups and whip those tea party kindergarteners into some shape at some point. it's a big -- >> it's a big if. >> this was a bad election for the tea party. so there is some incentive for boehner to push back somewhat on that coalition. >> but i still think if you look at the numbers of the house caucus, it's more tea partyish than not. anything he does, he still has to retain the support of half of his caucus. >> it means -- >> very ...

Messina and axelrod were laying out, i think they need to redefine a few words and one is mandate. we have a humandate. a lot of other people who weren't white men voted for barack obama and they have things they want and that includes taxes on the very wealthy. >> the republican party doesn't recognize those people you just referred to. jared, isn't speaker boehner simply reiterating the romney tax plan that basically expands revenue with a magic formula of growth and cutting loopholes that no economist as intelligent as you would ever find believable? >> to some extent he is, and one of the ...

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