Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20121228:00:21:00
This guy opens this up and tries to let some of these house democrats vote and some of the more moderate republicans, they can get a deal through that chamber, and i think that's the calculus for a deal. >> both you guys, ryan and glen, first ryan, can a successful resolution of this leave boehner as a strong speaker or will he be inevitably weakened by any deal, any deal? >> he's already weak. he can't get any stronger through this, no. >> so this is going to hurt him no matter how it ends up? >> i think he's already taken the damage, and i know they're open to doing it with democrats -- >> y...