the near debt default. this is kind of the culmination of all of those things. this is the really come to jesus moment, if you will, of the house republican conference. and they re going to have to figure out together where they want to go because they are paralyzed and unable to govern at this point. and i think a lot of people that i m speaking to, members of congress, think that ryan really could be the transformational leader that the party needs at this point, somebody who s not wanted the job but who s being called to it, somebody who has the policy credentials the party s seeking. i think he wants people to follow him because they believe in him as a leader. and i think a lot of people are coming around to that. i think this is more than just a blip in the cycle. this is a kind of existential moment for the house republican conference. and i think if ryan takes it this party kind of might go in a new direction. it s fascinating to watch. and my sense is i get the young childre
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if i go down to see president obama, the right begins to wonder what i m up to. the left begins to wonder what the president s up to. the president s suggested, hey, you think it s too much trouble if we play golf again? and i have to look at him and say yes. because it just everybody gets bent out of shape. bent out of shape. worried about what we re up to. well, we really want to play golf. they re trying to play golf and people are getting bent out of shape. they are the reason, these people getting bebt out of shape, they re the reason john boehner decided to quit his job. they re the reason kevin mccarthy decided to pull out of the speaker race. they re the reason the race for speaker is in a state of utter chaos right now. they are 40-some members of congress who want to make sure whoever is speaker never golfs or works with president obama. they re called the freedom caucus, and their membership is unknown. but we do know about them is that there isn t any public lis
and i think a lot of people that i m speaking to, members of congress, think that ryan really could be the transformational leader that the party needs at this point, somebody who s not wanted the job but who s being called to it, somebody who has the policy credentials the party s seeking. i think he wants people to follow him because they believe in him as a leader. and i think a lot of people are coming around to that. i think this is more than just a blip in the cycle. this is a kind of existential moment for the house republican conference. and i think if ryan takes it this party kind of might go in a new direction. it s fascinating to watch. and my sense is i get the young children and the family thing. i also know when people are called to public service it could be very hard not to answer that call. jake sherman, senior congressional reporter for politico. you this thank you for your time tonight. still ahead tonight, dr. ben carson speaks. and you know how that goes. the gor
joining me now is jake sherman, senior congressional reporter for politico. thanks for being here. thanks for having me. okay. so when you hear the president talking about all that he and speaker boehner were able to get done, is he just is he trolling the republicans? is he stirring the pot because he knows that s precisely what they don t want-s a speaker who will work with him? i think what he was trying to say is he could at least have an honest conversation with boehner, and that s what people say about boehner and that s what people say they re going to miss about him in that position. is that he was able to talk about what he could and could not do in an honest way. and that s refreshing because there s a lot of people who overpromise in washington. so john boehner knew his limitations, knew the limitations of his power, which were, you know, everybody knows they re on display a lot on capitol hill and i think the president appreciated that. so paul ryan actually seems