tax increase on middle class americans and includes people who opposed reopening the government at all after ted cruz's shut down in 2013. that is why some republicans began warning today about who exactly they're dealing with. >> whoever is going to be the next speaker should not appease this group of rejectionists who have no interest in governing. they can simply not get to yes. the perfect will always be the enemy of the good to them. >> that governing, specifically, will mean raising the debt ceiling by a deadline of november 5 and funding the federal government again by december 10. let's right to it. we have eugene robinson from "the washington post" and an msnbc analyst, an expert and resident at aei and the co-author of "it's even worse than it looks." and matt lewis for the daily caller. and matt, as the resident conservative writer here, what