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That washington has worked, history is full of powerful speakers, the tip o'neill, sam rayburn class of speakers, the newt gingriches, people who wield considerable power in the body and also full of powerful senate leaders. you think of lbj, of course, being the classic version. but at one time mitch mcconnell styled himself that kind of senate leader. when president obama was in office for eight years, mitch mcconnell wielded power quite ruthlessly and made it very clear that the president was not a more important or powerful figure than him as far as he was concerned. as soon as donald trum...

Shutdown? >> you know, i have to say, steve, i think you as a historian of sort of the way that washington has worked, history is full of powerful speakers, the tip o'neill, sam rayburn class of speakers, the newt gingriches, people who wield considerable power in the body and also full of powerful senate leaders. you think of lbj, of course, being the classic version. but at one time mitch mcconnell styled himself that kind of senate leader. when president obama was in office for eight years, mitch mcconnell wielded power quite ruthlessly and made it very clear that the president was not a mo...

Ongoing. so you see a little bit in the answer there you got from pelosi, an attempt to publicly maybe shame mcconnell into doing something. but how is that going to play out over the next few days in terms of the dynamic between pelosi and mcconnell, the capitol hill side of the shutdown? >> you know, i have to say, stephen, i think you as a historian of sort of the way that washington has worked, history is full of powerful speakers, the tip o'neill, sam rayburn class of speakers, the gingriches, people who wield considerable power in the body and also full of powerful senate leaders. you th...