maxine waters is counterproductive for the overall democratic message which is not a key democratic leader. in fact, the republican leaders, mcconnell and ryan, ryan has quit but he didn t leave. mcconnell is intensely disliked. if you look at schumer and pelosi, within the party, they have the support of democrats in terms of what they want to do. republicans right now haveel and o leader outside of president trump. tucker: that is absolutely true. republicans do not like i paul ryan by and large. who will be the speaker of democrats win? l i think pelosi probably wil win in the first instance but don t think she ll continue to serve. i think there ll be a struggle behind the scenes. i think there is a problem solvers group that is looking to have some influence if it s close, in terms of changing the rules and naming the speaker. because remember, the speaker technically has to be elected by a majority vote of the house, not the majority vote of a caucus.er tucker: so you th
win, pelosi will be elected speaker but then not to serve? i don t think she is going to serve through to the next election. my suspicions would be, she would get elected because she won, she turned the house, but between then and the next election, they would be a new speaker. i think that the democratic party is looking to have new blood and new leadership. the question is, where and who? tucker: last question. i mean there are a bunch of adults in the democratic party, i know them. they live near me. they seem afraid of the net the roots of democratic activists online who are way out of the left of where they have traditionally been. do they have the power and the well to stand up to those constituencies and say no? i m sorry, we are not making this venezuela. no. are they intimidated? some do and some don t. remember, because of the caucuses in the democratic primaries, the activists have outsized power compared to the run-of-the-mill voter in big states.