pronounced split. no, ma'am only a split between house republicans but a split between the republicans in the senate and the house. you had literally mitch mcconnell, john mccain, the "wall street journal" editorial board against john boehner, effectively position the republicans as the party against a tax cut which is an anathema to this current wave of republicans. i think boehner is weakened. if he can't get the house to pass this bill, i don't know what that means for his speakership. >> let me turn to you, richard, on exactly that question. part of this was the optics. there was president obama standing surrounded by kind of ordinary american taxpayers and there was john boehner literally all by himself. >> i know. and at christmas, too. look, he's zombie speaker. he is. it is over. he agreed to deal. had to back track from the deal. if you were a betting person, you would say he has not got unanimity, not the word would you apply this republican caucus. so it just takes someone, tea party freshmen, to want the limelight and say you lie, it's over and then he has to call