point was if i can t work with you on certain things, guess what, i m going to start having to go around you. he also talked about loyalty, which was also directed directly at them. there is no doubt about that. they are emboldened now. that is why i thought in paul ryan s press conference, one of the things he said that was so clearly aimed at the freedom caucus to get at this conundrum that bedevilled boehner which was, we are now learning how to be a governing party with all the facets, and are we willing to give up something to get something done? the freedom caucus answer to that today was no, we re not. we re not willing to do that. but you can t govern without being willing to do that at some point. but they ve never had to. since they ve been elected obama has been president since they started taking over, obama has been president. they didn t get a small victory in terms of getting rid of boehner and getting paul ryan in there and yet they ve been bomb throwers this entire
things done such as bringing moderates and bringing more conservative members, the freedom caucus types as well as the tuesday group types into the same room together to try to hammer out a compromise. when it comes to paul ryan, this person recited a line that we used to hear from the former house speaker boehner and that s if a leader goes out for a walk without followers, all that person is is a man out for a walk. and that s what paul ryan is right now, is what this person said. and going forward, the advice that this person would give president trump, and very may well give president trump, he needs to get back out and do another big campaign-style rally in order to try to get that mojo back to move on. not a very good day for the white house, as this person says, they are in a very bad spot moving forward. and, gloria, speaking of boehner, the former speaker, last month somewhere drinking a glass of merlot.
he said repealing and replacing obamacare was not going to happen. he said that flatly, because in the 25 years that i served in the united states congress, republicans never, ever one time agreed on what a health care proposal should look like. he lost his speaker ship as a lot of us remember because of opposition from the house freedom caucus, among others. now paul ryan is facing similar problems. and donald trump is facing similar problems. i was watching those clips, i was struck by the fact that donald trump hadn t met the freedom caucus yet on math. and the same problem that plagued boehner is the problem that plagued donald trump this time. and the freedom caucus, by the way, is not going to be any nicer to him when it comes to tax reform or infrastructure. he s going to have the same problems with this group. and i think that when we heard him say today, oh, yeah, some of those guys are my friends, he also talked about bipartisanship and i think that was directed right at
the court saw this last year in august for a reason and all we re doing is saying the proper place for this is in the states, so for you to suggest what message it is sending, it s very simple it s a states rights issues and should reflect the values, principals and will of the people in their particular a state. that s it plain and simple. obamacare, house speaker boehner said it is not quote going to happen and went on to say most of the frame work of the affordable care act is going to be there, do you think he has a point? i think what we re going to end up is something i ve talked about over and over again. we re going to end up with a more accessible plan that would allow people to see more doctors and providers and drive costs down, that s what the president is going to work with congress to put forward on. on roads an highways in the
hillary clinton s new book. clinton sent all of the republican candidates a signed copy of her book as a way to explain her accomplishments at secretary of state. for rand paul, it may not solve his fund raising issues, but he put his book on e-bay with the note get your own signed copy of a great fiction book. bidding is up over $1,300. the race to replace house majority leader john boehner got more complicated. kevin mccarthy is still the frontrunner with utah s jason chaffetz. now a group is throwing support behind a florida congress member daniel webster. the house freedom cause has 40 members. that is enough clout to deny mccarthy the majority he needs. the outgoing speaker is appearing on the tonight show