interview. we were trying to figure out the importance of what he just said. it s nice to have you here. thanks for being here. thanks for having me. after what happened today with what senator reid has threatened and the way it has been received are[qmay we any closer to loretta lynch getting voted on do you think? well i think this strategy might not be as effective as senator reid is hoping that it would be. i mean senator reid is known as kind of a jedi master of senate procedure to use a star wars term, but at the same time i mean, what he s effectively trying to do is go into executive session which would require a simple majority. there s five republicans that have already said they would vote for loretta lynch s nomination are really unlikely to go against republican leadership to force this vote. i mean this vote is eventually going to happen after they finish this trafficking bill so it s thilhighly unlikely you re going to see those five republicans vote with senator
we don t go into default and hurt the overall economy. the tea party, the folks that want to fix this, immediately want to ee there s a way to shut down the congress, a way to be heard and keep the focus here, but this is not the right way. ultimately we re going to continue to hurt american jobs, we re going to hurt our exporters, we re going to hurt our research institutions, there s so many people that are going to be hurt with this unattended consequences. so i think what the tea parties are trying to do is fine. get this done, and then force mcconnell and all these guys to resolve this issue. there was only ten tea party freshmen who voted against the deal. the deal went through, harry reid s deal is going to go through i think after he satisfies mitch mcconnell. it s going to get done. the tea party did an awful lot of good here, tremendous amount of good in making sure it s a better deal, but i do think they held on too long. it is interesting, i guess pr problem they may
the tea party, the folks that want to fix this, immediately want to ee there s a way to shut down the congress, a way to be heard and keep the focus here, but this is not the right way. ultimately we re going to continue to hurt american jobs, we re going to hurt our exporters, we re going to hurt our research institutions, there s so many people that are going to be hurt with this unattended consequences. so i think what the tea parties are trying to do is fine. get this done, and then force mcconnell and all these guys to resolve this issue. there was only ten tea party freshmen who voted against the deal. the deal went through, harry reid s deal is going to go through i think after he satisfies mitch mcconnell. it s going to get done. the tea party did an awful lot of good here, tremendous amount of good in making sure it s a better deal, but i do think they held on too long. it is interesting, i guess pr problem they may be dealing with now, if you re saying is correct, pat.
unlikely to go to force the vote. the vote is going to happen after the terrificing bill. so it s highly unlikely you will see the five republicans vote with senator reid to try to force mcconnell s hand on this. although, the case on the democratic side of this looking at a guy like senator mark kirk in illinois who has a hard re-election up in 2016 and is trying to tact to the center tact to the left so he can appeal to a blue state he won t want to be seen as voting no on loretta lynch and the democrats will try to hang that around him. even though he will have to say, as his defense, it wasn t a vote on the substance of her, it was a procedural vote to not vote on her at all. that is true. but we saw the tactics happen when the government shut down. they tried to force republicans