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0 promises hagel a lot of tough questions. many of these same -- now, the propgsing a big fight to oppose his nomination. but, in the end, will the president get his man? joining me now is retired general wesley, former nato commander now chairman and ceo of wesley clark and associates. and former pennsylvania governor, ed rendell now an nbc news analyst. doesn't the president get to pick his own team? or has something changed? >> absolutely he's going to pick his own chief. the right wing is lining up to fight him and there may be some votes against him. i think when chuck hagel gets on the h...

Conservative entertainment complex. >> now, michelle, when you look at these are strategists, pun diss on the right, when they oor saying it's time to stand up, how long will it be before boehner and some of those in the congress say i just got to say this is killing our party and is hurting the nation. >> i think john boehner is well aware of the pickle that the party is in. this is a guy who is a pragmatist on some level. but the question is what can he do? you have a base. and the purists are in control of the primary elections and you wind up with a house that doesn't agree with compromise...

We've seen this movie before. last year, it was the debt ceiling, the country's credit rating was downgraded for the first time. and the american people are sick of it. 68% want to compromise on a deal and they're blaming republicans if they don't get one. 53% say they'll blame the gop. boehner can't control his party much less compromise. the nonsense going on shows the tea party still runs the speaker. joining me now is michelle cotter, washington car respondent for "the daily beast" and co-host here on msnbc. this is a bad joke. who is running this party? >> clearly, the tea party is runnin...

Mean, that would have stopped what this madman did? >> it's a desperate attempt to try to deflect responsibility for this tragedy. i don't think i've ever talked to anybody who believes that the solution to these tragedies that we've seen in our schools over the last few years is to put more guns in schools. i heard that argument driving over here to the studio and it's frankly preposterous to believe that children are going to be safler in their schools if we allow everybody to carry guns into them. >> now, michelle, mike huckabee made a statement about, well, let me play for you the stamt th...

The verge of exactly that. the republican governor, rick snyder, is debating whether to sign a new bill that would allow concealed weapons in churches and schools. gop lawmakers passed a bill last week late at night in a lame duck session, literally, literally just hours before the tragedy at sandy hook. now snyder says he'll give the bill extra consideration. what that consideration is will be looked at through the lens of everything that's happened. the governor seems to understand that everything that has happened may not be acceptable anymore. but is the rest of the gop ready to listen? jo...