pronounced split. no, ma am only a split between house republicans but a split between the republicans in the senate and the house. you had literally mitch mcconnell, john mccain, the wall street journal editorial board against john boehner, effectively position the republicans as the party against a tax cut which is an anathema to this current wave of republicans. i think boehner is weakened. if he can t get the house to pass this bill, i don t know what that means for his speakership. let me turn to you, richard, on exactly that question. part of this was the optics. there was president obama standing surrounded by kind of ordinary american taxpayers and there was john boehner literally all by himself. i know. and at christmas, too. look, he s zombie speaker. he is. it is over. he agreed to deal. had to back track from the deal. if you were a betting person, you would say he has not got unanimity, not the word would you apply this republican caucus. so it just takes someone, te
or we re dead. senator mccain today reshuffling his most senior campaign staff. we desperately need a game change pick and up in of these middle-aged white guys are game changers. so, find me a woman. sarah. sarah. sarah. sarah. sarah. i will be honored to accept your nomination for vice president of the united states. joining me now, co-author of the book, game change and consultant on the film, john heilemann. he is also the new york magazine national affairs editor and msnbc political analyst. nice to see you john. hey, melissa, how are you doing? great. and part is because we have all been talking about this trailer every day all very excited about it. i wanted to ask you, obviously,
republicans but a split between the republicans in the senate and the house. you had literally mitch mcconnell, john mccain, the wall street journal editorial board against john boehner, effectively position the republicans as the party against a tax cut which is an anathema to this current wave of republicans. i think boehner is weakened. if he can t get the house to pass this bill, i don t know what that means for his speakership. let me turn to you, richard, on exactly that question. part of this was the optics. there was president obama standing surrounded by kind of ordinary american taxpayers and there was john boehner literally all by himself. i know. and at christmas, too. look, he s zombie speaker. he is. it is over. he agreed to deal. had to back track from the deal. if you were a betting person, you would say he has not got unanimity, not the word would you apply this republican caucus. so it just takes someone, tea party freshmen, to want the limelight and say you lie
changers. so, find me a woman. sarah. sarah. sarah. i will be honored to accept your nomination for vice president of the united states. joining me now, co-author of the book, game change and consultant on the film, john heilemann. he is also the new york magazine national affairs editor and msnbc political analyst. nice to see you john. hey, melissa, how are you doing? great. and part is because we have all been talking about this trailer every day all very exciteded about it. i wanted to ask you, obviously, 2008 is an extraordinary election, but what is it that makes it a game-changing election? in other words, what are the elements that are actually impacting these republican candidates in iowa right now in 2012?
it is another round of embarrassment. by the way, then has to go into the negotiations for the year-long deal and how weak is the negotiating position from the get-go on that? so he really doesn t have much of a leadership position after all of this. and the president s numbers keep on rising. and he you know, bill clinton used to say you could be strong and wrong cause that always beats weak and right. in this case, john boehner has come out being weak and wrong. let me ask about this new idea, for example, for tea party freshmen who want the limelight. supposed tonight most exciting battle now the kitchen fight between newt and mitt. but is this is the real battle between eric canter, and boehner? does captor simply dislike this man? is there what is going on politically in this story? i think there s definitely a power grab. i mean, you know, some people say eric cantor, you haven t seen as much of eric cantor as you have seen of john boehner because eric cap thor is busy