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Republicans to settle amongst themselves who they want their leadership team to be. so giving more time is actually not the original strategy boehner had. he was really intending to do this quickly and move on. but there is this distress within the republican conference, saying, do we really just want the leadership to step up, each one moving up to the next chair, so to speak? or should there be new be ms who might better reflect the broader sensibilities of the conference. so it will be drama, for sure. >> kelly o'donnell, thanks so much. and an update to the breaking news we've been follo...

70% think republicans are putting politics first. the american people know exactly what's going on here and boehner knows too. it's very clear. whatever strategy boehner has followed, it has totally failed. it's time for him to get off the dime. just 24% of the people in this country have a favorable opinion of the republican party. and 21% have a favorable opinion of the tea party. these are below bush numbers. remember those years? these numbers underscore the fact that tea partiers are a select fringe group, and the american people don't want any part of this. now, american voters prefer a ...

Sit down and have a conversation about this is putting our nation at risk of default. >> are you saying if he continues to refuse to negotiate, the country is going to default? >> it's the path we're on. >> chuck, what's this zigzagging to the cliff all about? explain it analytically what boehner seems to be doing. saying one thing to the inside crowd, denying it. what's he up to? >> the problem is this is the strategy boehner wanted to pursue all along. he didn't want to tie all this to the shutdown. and this is now the box he finds himself in where the two of these issues have merged togethe...

The united states default on their debt. my goal here is to have a serious conversation about those things that are driving the deficit and driving the debt up. and the president's refusal to sit down and have a conversation about this is putting our nation at risk of default. >> are you saying if he continues to refuse to negotiate, the country is going to default? >> it's the path we're on. >> chuck, what's this zigzagging to the cliff all about? explain it analytically what boehner seems to be doing. saying one thing to the inside crowd, denying it. what's he up to? >> the problem is this i...