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For six years and shaping the way that our federal government is run. that will transform government for 50 years. we've got to unite. >> the nominating wing of the party, which is the tea party phase right now, it is ted cruz right now, he gets huge -- >> that's not the nominating wing of the party. those are people that -- those sort of candidates we had in 2012, you see it all the time. they come out early on. the media loves to talk about them for a year and a half. they go out and do pretty well in iowa, they do pretty well in new hampshire, ask thnd then whe snow starts to fade away in i...

For six years and shaping the way that our federal government is run. that will transform government for 50 years. we've got to unite. >> the nominating wing of the party, which is the tea party phase right now, it is ted cruz right now, he gets huge -- >> that's not the nominating wing of the party. those are people that -- those sort of candidates we had in 2012, you see it all the time. they come out early on. the media loves to talk about them for a year and a half. they go out and do pretty well in iowa, they do pretty well in new hampshire, ask thnd then whe snow starts to fade away in i...

You have to come out and basically state the facts. it was a misstatement. he needed to be clear. he can apologize and move on and focus on the good things in obama care that are going to improve people's lives. the more you kind of, you know, play this song and dance around the edges, the more you kind of give fodder to the republicans to kind of keep beating you and beating you and the more you create a problem with the american people. >> well, with republicans, emily miller, i mean, how do republicans play this politically? do you think there will be more calls to delay parts of the progra...

The sidelines, he actually wants to get things done. he's working with mitch mcconnell, distanced himself from the shutdown strategy for ted cruz. i think the one thing these guys have in common not mentioned, they both make these populist pitches and they both come from these elitist backgrounds. ted cruz went to harvard and princeton -- >> never let's you forget it. >> never let's you forget it. supreme court. rand paul is the son of a congressman and they both are the insurgents coming to washington to prove the elitists wrong. >> and given the state of the republican base, andrew, which of...

At this point take one of two positions. all right, this is going to go into effect january 1, let's see where this is or where it will be derailed. where are you on the spectrum? >> well, candy, i can tell you this is a mess. you've seen not only the problems with the website. but it's much deeper than the website including so many americans that are getting cancelation notices including stories from people in new hampshire rising premium costs as a result of obama care. so it's much deeper than the website. where i am on this is -- you know, i was one of the republicans who said, called out ...