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There's a democratic president and democratic majority in the senate that does not rise to 60 votes, so the flip of what we have now the republicans would force the democrats to go that route because what they did last year was much more radical than that and that wasn't just one event, right? mitch mcconnell has shown again and again and again that he believes in this kind of opposition and that he brought the republican party along so give than i seems to democrats' presumption should be to say to the remembers look you broke these rules, now live up to what you've broken and change the rule...

Collaborated with obama care and collaborated with obama himself, you've really hit the two biggest emotional touchdowns in the republican party. >> and so final question to you, ryan. where does -- do you think the last week's events leave mr. christie? >> well, i mean, you know, fundamentally, you know, the picture he presents is of an angry white man. and so as much as people try to tar him with the kind of moderate label, republican primary voters are going to be attracted to that position. because, you know, is there a lot of anger in the republican base. and they can see him channelling ...

Moderate at all. >> jonathan, what do you think of the way chris christie has responded as he did to david gregory when he was asked point-blank, are you a moderate or a conservative? >> well, he's being very evasive. but i think he's got a lot of weaknesses here. i would love to be an adviser to the republican who has to run a campaign against christie for the nomination. because there is a lot to work with. the real source of christie's political strength, and the thing that vaulted him above the 50s and vulnerability to losing re-election was hurricane sandy when they had this ostentatious ...

How many new laws we create. we ought to be judged on how many new laws we repeal. >> and with that, the speaker made abundantly clear the republican approach to governing. remember when mitch mcconnell famously said the single most important thing we want to achieve is for president obama to be a one-term president? the speaker of the house hog tied by a radical right flank has now clearly stated that he wants to be judged not by how much he accomplishes, but by how much he unaccomplishes. in "new york" magazine, jonathan chat writes, "the republican fringe has become a gang of saboteurs who ...

>> then the president should be his partner if he does this. >> the president and boehner has sat down and boehner has returned with nothing because his caucus has basically undermined him. jonathan chait, i'd love your thoughts on this. when the speaker has broken the hastert rule, the sky has not fallen. he is able to pass legislation with some democratic support. if he brought the senate's immigration bill to the floor of the house, it would pass tomorrow. but he's reluctant to do so because i think he thinks his speakership depends on it. do you think he could survive if he ended the haste...