is that the dnc chairman serves at the behest of the president of the united states, the person that's in power. of course, that's president obama. we've seen tim kahne become a loyal soldier at the dnc. what we see at the rnc is that the 168 members who make up the committee, they'll make their own decision. >> mark preston, i'm sure you'll watch that very, very closely. thank you. republicans can fight all they want over the party leadership. the real party lies elsewhere on capitol hill where gop leaders are a couple of days away from taking the reins of power in the house. let's bring in senior political analyst glor you borger. gloria, are gop leaders all on the same page now as far as the agenda is concerned? >> they are. there's one big mandate coming out of this election. and the mandate is to cut the budget. and as you saw dana bash reporting earlier, they're all in the same page about that. what they want to do is repeal health care reform. they think that will help the deficit. and they're also proposing, by