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>> so there isn't any leadership. and speaker boehner doesn't dare endorse anybody. first of all, he's weak. secondly, it would be counterproduct in, i think, were he to say i want kevin mccarthy. he's being squarefcareful about. what is the strategy? the tea party people may well have enough juice in the house to force a shutdown situation. and if you know these people, if you talk to them, interviewing them in the hallways, you know that shutting the government down is what they want to do. it's consistent with their theory of things, they're not here to make deals. and this is why eric cant...

We have a very real chance of a debt ceiling fight that will bring us close to or even, you know, into some sort of shutdown situation. so the notion that this has settled a lot is sort of a wonderful nonsense of the holiday season. >> absolutely. to that point, kate, one of the things i thought was interesting this morning was the sound we just played of congressman paul ryan making it clear. i mean, there's been so much about how this means there's not going to be a government shutdown. that's why we're doing this. but guess what? he made it very clear this morning that, hey, we are still go...

Together because there are real issues that need to be addressed with our health care system. certainly this is not the answer. >> in an election year with a 22% approval rating for the party -- and by the way, a low approval rating for congress in general, it is not a great place to start, and it's clear that what democrats want to campaign on is that republicans are blocking everything that we want to do, and what republicans want top campaign on is obama care is a disaster, and it's not going to work. is that an atmosphere in which you can get anything done? >> i think we owe it to the amer...

Context of inner branch relations. some scholars, some law professors have argued that at a certain point, this kind of threat, while not technically unconstitutional under precedent, is extra constitutional. tell us about that. >> absolutely. the executive and legislative branches need at least a minimal level of cooperation. look at what it was -- at how president obama could not perform his constitutional functions of engaging in diplomacy, and he couldn't go to this very important asian conference and was forfeiting the spotlight to the chinese who are building their empire, so to speak. i...

Been running at a slower pace and not doing what it should be doing in recession times any way. goldsie is right all federal loans are going to be gone if the government shuts down. the federal government buys things in bulk and gets them for affordable. but now, in a furlough and a shutdown situation, essentially the federal government will be buying certain things almost as if it's retail. this costs more. it's not saving us any money. >> right. it seems so hollow. they're so concerned about cutting spending and yet they're doing things that are actually going to make it all much worse. >> i...