eerily similar to what george w. bush and his team was saying a decade and a half ago to support steel tariffs that they were putting up. you know that. cnn covered it. it did not work. it did help the steel industry 13, 14 years ago. these tariffs, it simply propped up what was an ailing difficult economic situation. it is not going to work now. tariffs don t work. they simply have government at that point picking winners and losers and we are our argument would be whether it is democrats or republicans, it doesn t work to have politicians sitting in washington, picking winners and losers, using tariffs. picking this industry to say, hey, we ll protect them, but not protect these guys, go after this country but not this other country. it doesn t work. the free market works better. free trade works better. we ll see if maybe it works as a negotiating tool as we heard that s part of what it is. tim, appreciate the time, thank you. you bet. the white house revealing new details a
0 in the following week, each group returned to their forces to tend to their wounds. the conservative funds, there seems to be an implied message there, do you agree with that? pass. the stage was set for the next battle between the warring factions, the budget, even before the deal was out, heritage action and freedom works announced their action. there are an enormous number of people on the right who are looking to kill this thing. but the house pressed on. you don t have to have a person violate a core principle. this is the step in the right direction. the gauntlet was thrown. basically it is the old discussion of gee, what do you think i am, a prostitute? tom coburn and others lined up against paul ryan. he has led to make a compromise that sells out what actually needs to be done. but this time, john boehner would not be surrendering. numbers, and these numbers go to $45-50 billion beyond the sequestration numbers. it jacks up fees, it is not a good deal.
0 would not be surrendering. you mean the groups that came out and opposed it before they ever saw it? they re using our members and using the american people for their own goals. this is ridiculous. that was john boehner striking back against the people who led him into a shutdown, republicans could not win. the speaker may have won this battle but he may not be able to win the war. joining me now, cnbc political analyst, robert costa, were you surprised by the political venom by john boehner about the press conference and heritage action? no, i was not surprised. this battle of temperament and how to handle the government has been going on for sometime. when you handle the issues between him and ted cruz, they re almost the same. it is about how to handle strategy and how to handle the cards the gop has been dealt. and i think right now boehner is just fed up, especially after the shutdown, groups who look at governing as if it is a combative republican primary. and they lo
0 joining me now, cnbc political analyst, robert costa, were you surprised by the palpable venom by john boehner about the press conference and heritage action? no, i was not surprised. this battle of temperament and how to handle the government has been simmering on for sometime. when you handle the issues between him and ted cruz, they re almost identical. it is about how to handle strategy and how to handle the cards the gop has been dealt. and i think right now boehner is just fed up, especially after the shutdown with dealing with these outside groups who look at governing as if it is a combative republican primary. and they look at it as a campaign that needs to be won, rather than a governmental policy that needs to be set. do you think this was a sign that boehner thinks he has truly if you have a primary challenger like mitch mcconnell and john cornyn, none of those guys are going to vote for it. you might win concessions, but the underlying political gravity that pulls
republicans and the house genuinely be willing to confront medicare and social security in that budget? because if not, then i think we re back to where we have been. i ll say this. if they don t directly confront the spending issue and bring genuine cuts and reforms, not just short-term cuts but budgetary reform, they ll be out of power for a generation. i really believe that. wow. the expectations are so high among the our base and i think among average americans. they looked at this election and said, okay. one party is for big government, big spending. we believe that. we re going the other way. if this party fails to address that, i think they ll be in the wilderness for a long, long time. tim philips, steve, great conversation as always. stay with us.