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party in the house, republicans will vote wednesday for their new leader. speaker paul ryan is set to retire. joining me now, former communications director for newt gingrich s presidential campaign and co-author of new book to save america, it s joe de santis. thank you for being here. it s tough times for house republicans. it s been eight years since you guys were governing in the minority. what s the vibe right now inside wha? what are you guys thinking? it hasn t been that long. the last time the republicans lost the majority was 2006. they got it back in 2010. so there s i think a pretty innate sense that they can get it back again very soon. and so i think that kevin mccarthy, from what i understand has the votes to be the leader and he s a pretty good pick for a couple reasons. he raised a fair amount of