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That, and not let him go down because of some constitution al condition in advance. >> i know you're a policy guy. you've never held elected office. public opinion here, as you know, when it comes to intervening in foreign situations these days, the public is nowhere near engagement the way it was ten years ago, five years ago. shouldn't political leaders have to acknowledge that the public just doesn't have the stomach for this? >> well, yes. but political leaders lead. and they explain to the public that this is -- you don't like my using the word. you explain to the public, this isn't some ...

Least physically and spiritually enough. >> spending 50 grand a pop at d.c. steakhouses with his political team. if you're going to spend 50 grand at a steakhouse, do it in your home district, not in washington, d.c. the reason this matters is majority leader controls the calendar. he was the policy guy. he was arguably the most conservative member of the house republican membership. now he's been defeated. the instant question this morning is, his term runs through january. can he stay on as majority leader through then? will the right say step down now? >> there's going to be immense pressur...

Re-education in how to talk to the base of the party because it's changed over the last seven or eight years. >> come become more to the right? >> the republican party, particularly with the tea party on the rise, you know, i think it's a different party than jeb bush left when he was governor. >> what do you think of that strategy? a strategy he's advocating. >> this is something that he's long believed. immigration is going to be the issue in the next primary. jeb bush is more to the center than the base of the party, probably. health care will be an issue in the next primary. he said there'...

Cycles, a guy has been way down and -- >> bennett, lugar. >> right. it looks as if -- and i've said it before -- that the tea party fever has broken here. so the dynamic is still there that somebody could rise up but the tea party doesn't seem to have the same power that they used to and we see it here in the capital with bill after bill we're seeing a much more marginalized -- >> in a sense, although they are more marginal because in a sense they have gone more mainstream, right? mcconnell is standing -- that is the bigger story in a sense. you played the clip of mcconnell citing my good frie...

Primary, because he brings a temperate, pragmatic conservatism to the table. that's with one of the interesting things last night, the moderator called him a moderate. he pushed back hard. when you take a look at jeb bush's -- he said, why are you calling me a moderate? i'm a conservative, a practicing conservative, not a talking one. i will put my record up against anyone in congress. >> yes. i think the key thing is you said there is that it's important to have his voice there. i think jeb is a policy guy. i think he wants to influence the discussion on immigration and education issues. it's...