The Daily Rundown   |  January 25, 2013

The Gaggle: Do changes need to start with the House GOP?

The Gaggle talks about Speaker John Boehner and the House GOP conference and give their shameless plugs.

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>>> let's bring back our gaggle. jim, i want to go to you. what does speaker boehner have to do to get things through this house gop conference for these next two -- it's a very difficult thing.

>> it is. he still hasn't proven that he can. frankly even this debt deal that he did lost three republican members. you can't do that and pass a budget because most likely he's only going to be able to pass it to start with, with republicans. so he has a tough job because he hasn't proven he can yet. this is a very diverse conference. more diverse than people think on the issues, number one. number two, they don't know each other yet. we were talking about this in the green room . 40% of the congress are within the last two years. they've just come in. they don't even know each other in the same party.

>> sequestered not in the -- like in a jury. locked in a room.

>> locked in a room. get to know one another.

>> i think boehner may have made a strategic error when he promised conservatives that paul ryan would pass a budget that would balance, in ten years -- ten years. paul ryan 's last budget didn't balance until 2014 .

>> it's tougher than it sounds.

>> it's tough. what is that going to mean? you're talking about some significant draconian cuts that are going to be tough for a lot of people to swallow.

>> painful and hard to sell.

>> and that's all our time. let's go around for shameless plugs.

>> " paul ryan , "meet the press" this sunday. go david.

>> the public relaunches on monday with a cover story interview of president obama .

>> i'm giving a speech to the dallas chamber of commerce on tuesday as a member of the debt board so that's what i get to do.

>> happy birthday to my mother. it's tomorrow. it is the 20th anniversary of one of her big birthdays. we love you, mom. and i have to say thank you to andy for sending me this "daily rundown" clipboard with my name on it. i guess i'm a main man now. andy out in california. be well, my friend. that's it