But the outcome, they came to, embraced many of the goals of the people who you call bomb throwers, and it basically emasculated the Speaker or the speaker to be, if he is to be, and he is going to be the weakest that we've seen in a very…

Well, at some point in the not too distant future, he may just have to take the wheel here because the way these rules, if they are, and we don't really know.

I think setting up a contrast is the right way to go.

I think Democrats did better than expected, in the midterm elections, for the same reason.

I think that Biden was elected, in certain ways, as an antidote, to the chaos, of the Bush years, because he is an institutionalist, and he's seen as a calming influence.

That would be catastrophic if we breached the debt ceiling, but if McCarthy who probably recognizes that at some level makes -- relies on Democratic votes to do it, that undoubtedly would bring in this five vote ability to call his whole…

They know they need to quit Trump, that if they're going to be successful -- this last Midterm prove this -- they need to distance themselves from Trump.

If you were McCarthy and his people, just to be really Machiavellian about it, is this not a good story to have out there right now that boy, if you guys don't get on board here, we may see deal cutting back and we could lose the whole…

I thought it was telling by the way that Trump started pulling away a little. He has gone from 'My Kevin' to 'Maybe Kevin,' which reflects where McCarthy is right now.

I think that things will continue as they have, which is that Kyrsten Sinema will be kind of a pain for the leadership and the White House.

No, not really. I mean, I think that she made clear in her own comments that she intends to keep on doing exactly what she's been doing.

I think she would have lost that primary.

I think he's going to have the same relationship he's had with her, which is strained.

It is very clear that that Republicans still fear Donald Trump. And you know what's remarkable about it is, we just went through a Midterm Election where people gave a resounding verdict on this whole election denial nonsense.

The man provoked an insurrection against the US government. The man lied about an election and sold that lie and continues to relentlessly so that like --

Kevin McCarthy still isn't guaranteed that he is going to be Speaker of the House. He needs Donald Trump's support to become Speaker of the House.

If you're not willing to condemn that, then you're being evasive.

The American people have sent a message on election denial in this election and there is no more flamboyant exponent of conspiracy theories about elections in this country, in this campaign than Kari Lake.

I think the handwriting is on the wall, Anderson. We have to see -- I mean, strange things can happen. But right now, it would be a very strange thing for a candidate who has been getting less than 50 percent of the vote to suddenly in the…

Well, I think it says a lot. Steve Bannon was camping out in Arizona, and holding her up as an exemplar, of Trumpism.

I think the lesson here and she may well have won this election for Republicans. So across the country, the lesson should be, let's dispatch with all of this and compete on a different battleground here because this election denier stuff…

I think it's challenging for Democrats to hang on to the Senate because they have so many -- you know, David said, if they hold on to their four vulnerable seats, you know, they'll -- they're fine.

You know, he also has promised to pardon the people who are convicted in the January 6th insurrection, including the people who assaulted police officers, one presumes.

This is a problem for the Republican Party. This is a -- and let's not make any mistake about it. Liz Cheney has been very clear on it -- Kinzinger. This is a party within the Republican -- this is a problem within the Republican Party…

we got to we can't let this stand.