to do anything on your own terms, don't you realize what this job meant? in terms of the other options, obviously there's all this attention on paul ryan. he could not be more clear that he doesn't want it. we've heard that both john boehner and kevin mccarthy want him, they don't care he said no, they're trying to do their best o'to push him into doing it. do you have any indication of what might happen in terms of that lobbying effort with paul ryan? >> he announced today, or actually it was broken today that he suspended doing fund-raisers for the next 48 hours, which a lot of people took as a sign that he may be reading the tea leaves. these are bidenesque tea leaves at this point. that he might actually run. or might actually become speaker. honestly, it's not in his best interests. so if he ever wants to run for higher office, this a part-time -- this is not a part-time job. this is a very temporary job. whoever is the next speaker is not likely to last beyond the next 18 months left of boehner's term because everything that's left to do for this legislative term is completely unpopular with their own conference. i mean, you have to raise the debt ceiling by early november. you have to increase