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julie norman teaches politics at university college of london, and joins us now.'m breathless from the last few hours. i don't know about you. i don't know how much you've been observing it from there. they've been extraordinary, what's gone on there. but more so because this perhaps may not be a one-time thing. it seems republicans realize governing could be a bruising spectacle for the next two years. >> that's right. there's certainly a huge sigh of relief today and mccarthy will try to frame this as a comeback victory. i think what's interesting about this is it underscores a lot of what ha what's happening in the party right now. this really came down to seeing who could go their personal brand as being the most anti-establishment, most willing to disrupt the system. i think this is going to be a challenge for mccarthy and the party and congress going forward when you have a sizable part of your party who that is your brand, who can up end the system the most and be the most disruptive, how do yougov e govern? and mccarthy has a slim majority and it shows how

ralph norman of south carolina. let�*s hear from juliethey just want anyone but kevin mccarthy. they don�*t trust them. they say he has given to me concessions in the past. you know, when i�*m talking about this rules package, the first order of business to be passed through the house, kevin mccarthy says or has very much offered a number of concessions to these conservative republicans and they say, no, we want someone else. bob good has said that they would never back down. many members who oppose kevin mccarthy has close links to donald trump. and some of them are wary of mccarthy�*s previous stance towards the former president following the capitol riots in 2021. donald trump and kevin mccarthy have traditionally been close political allies. here they are back in 2018 at donald trump�*s private resort in florida when mr trump was president. but the relationship between the two turned sour after trump supporters stormed the us capitol building following his defeat in the 2020 election. this is what mr mccarthy said a week later. they q