followed breesentative mike johnson, and byron donalds. so this has been the three top vote getters. after that rep kevin hern of oklahoma. we are seeing a khruftering at the -- khr*usering of the -- includessering of the top contenders. how those votes gets distributed as more and more members are eliminated. and whether or not people, i guess, congressman emmer, can get to a majority kphreurbl or if this goes -- sphreurbgsly or if it -- expeditiously or goes down to the wire. host: if a candidate does emerge, what is expected to play out for the remainder of the day? guest: i think as with everything the last couple weeks, things are very much fluid. and in changing my the moment. i think it's entirely possible we can see a floor vote. one certainly has not been forecast. i think we'll have to see how the mat plays out. this is something where congressman emmer is able to convincingly get a majority that may bolster the chances of folks having a floor vote today. i think it's going to go down to the mass and whether or not we hear any si