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Position that the senate doesn't want to be in. it tells me that they are hearing privately and publicly from the president no negotiations, which probably is more troublesome in terms of there really isn't anything going on. we kept thinking there was, that maybe somewhere people were talking about a compromise and clearly that's not happening. so -- and obviously, what republicans believe is that that particular stance, we're not going to negotiate on anything, is not going to survive the test of public will. so far what we see is republicans are taking the bulk of the blame. we'll see if th...

Tell the american people what to think. >> i mean, is this why boehner and the republicans won't compromise? nia-malika, because they -- if you tell people that the president is not an american, then how do you have a climate to reach any compromise on what americans need? >> no, i think that's exactly right. if that's the starting point, these sort of conspiracy theories, and essentially, invalidating obama as president, you can't go very, very far in terms of compromise, in terms of working with him, because then you sort of delegitimize whatever work you're doing. i think boehner has not tr...

Battle will be at the ballot box. and i know i repeat that over and over again. and boehner is not showing any leadership. boehner acts like an adult. and this is the best analogy i can come up with, who is enjoying watching the kids in the playpen. because that's really all they're doing. this is a congress that votes 40 times to repeal obama care because they don't want everyone to know the benefits. but yet they would rather introduce legislation. it's like the guy who drove me over here today. he said you've got to be kidding me, madison. these folks are still on this issue? >> well, let m...

Voters. these are the voters who are going to show up in 2014. these are the voters that are going to show up in 2016. so for those folks, those representatives who are there talking to their constituents, hearing from their constituents, we very much see that they are beholden to a very different strain of the republican party than the strain of the republican party that is talking about rebranding. they're at least something like 54%. there was a poll out recently that showed 54% of republicans actually want republicans to be more conservative rather than doing the sort of outreach and broad...

Public office and concluding that even though you might believe you should take action, that you can't take action because of the political consequence you face. what a heck of a way to make a living. i mean it sincerely. >> let's turn to daniel hernandez of people for the american way and mark. welcome to the show. >> thanks for having us. >> mr. hernandez, tell us why boehner back tracked. what do you think happened between the interview he gave and subsequently clearing up the fact he's not for what he said he was for. >> it's one of those things it shows yet again the impact that the natio...