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Him, and his voters, and it' obvious to anyone watching kevin kathy is a test case that >> that's interesting reportin right, they're about those phone calls they are beholde to which is my next question, i two or three months ago, i think we did a monologue sayin that if you elected republican, house you're electing donald trump's shadow speaker. i think that still true to a certain extent, but i wonder how long it will be true honestly, and i think that wil be one of the big question marks, i one of the bi undefined factors going into this new year is the degree to which he is the unifying l...

Kevin kathy is a test case that >> that's interesting reportin right, they're about those phone calls they are beholde to which is my next question, i two or three months ago, i think we did a monologue sayin that if you elected republican, house you're electing donald trump's shadow speaker. i think that still true to a certain extent, but i wonder how long it will be true honestly, and i think that wil be one of the big question marks, i one of the bi undefined factors going into this new year is the degree to which he is the unifying leade for the caucus, or other peopl start to break away ...

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Not going to support him. i've spoken to speaker pelosi right after she kicked them off of the floor of the house given that farewell speech. she announced that she would still stay there. she does want the caucus to work, she doesn't want it to be, what she described as the motherly in law in the kitchen saying that that's not how my son likes the stuffing, that's not how we make it in our family. and so she's not going to be a backseat driver. i notice that she has a lot of opinions about the way that things ought to go. i would not be surprised if she does not want to serve as a shadow spea...

Exile, this shadow speaker, this person to whom a huge amount of the caucus are tremendously loyal, how do you see that affecting the dynamics of how this house caucus governs or attempts to? >> i think it is going to be unmanageable by kevin mccarthy, should he become speaker. i think there is still some open question about that. because it was difficult for john boehner and paul ryan to manage a much smaller group of renegades. this republican conference is filled with them. his ability to control that and still get actual work done i think will be very difficult. who is going to stop jim jo...