macconnell came out and said we will not shut down the government, which was like a poke in the eye tod cruz. he said we will not default on the debt. we will see what he can get done. especially in the house and the people that like ted cruz in the file. looks to me like he wants to put his feet to the fire. not necessarily compromise but pass legislation and say let's put ills on the president's desk . >> on the cover of time magazine i predict he will not discuss his favorite character anytime soon. i also predict he will not be the job he is always wanted. he is going to be the same mitch mcconnell he has always been which may well serve the country's purposes right now because he knows the art of the deal. >> he is going to look towards 2016. even the republicans in congress know they have to have the white house. he will have that in mind going forward. let's he does not like messy. he likes regular order. this could be good for those that like to see compromise. last night hundreds of mourners. the koch brothers and just as many losers. john and i each picked one winner and lose

>> macconnell drinks manhattan's with two cherries. a manhattan with ice and two cherries. >> what does john mccain like to drink? beer.ope it would be >> very bitter beer. [laughter] >>a lot of hops will stop cutting the pentagon and the white house and the defense industry are watching as john mccain prepares to take the gavel. friction thanore you have seen. carl levin -- mccain is going to fromgressive on everything the isis operations to individual weapons systems, going at them for being over costs or behind schedule. you will see a very muscular committee, and one that is doing a lot of oversight and digging and fighting with the pentagon and the white house will stop you have this interesting conflict with mccain himself watchdog, he's also an old-school hawk. might want to take the pentagon to task for spending money in ways he does not find to be a priority or important, you will not see him calling for any kind of decrease in defense spending, so the pentagon will have ally of sorts there. >> will he be moving to break the s

flank mcconnell was asked because crews had told the washington he was noncommittal on supporting macconnell and he said does that concern him and that was no and that was the end of the answer. elaborate, asked to as he did yesterday, he said he's going to be the majority leader and there is in fact a vote that will be taking place a week from today within the senate republican conference for their leadership in the next year. of there has been no sign any fig leaf of a challenge to senator mcconnell and i don't think anyone expects one because it's not like this is going to be as narrow a republican majority of people ought. they are going to have 54 or 55 seats when all is said and done and that will be -- a lot of these people, there were a number of people who were conservative but they are not -- many of them are driven by government interest from a conservative respective. not the kind of people who want to come in and burn the place down, necessarily. >> i do wonder why would anybody want to do a mitch mcconnell has to do for the next two years when he has a pretty a block of confron

. >> a weekend poll put macconnell up nine points even though 49% of voters view him unfavorably.ven popular. his main message is that kentuckians will benefit from his promotion. >> majority leader sets the country, but to look out for kentucky's interests. one of the basic questions is, who can do the most for kentucky over the next six years? >> theater is with us now. is senator mcconnell going to be a dealmaker in the next senate? after we answer the question of whether he will get there. >> we have got to answer that question first. i saw mitch mcconnell voting and expressing confidence about the day and the outlook for becoming majority leader. an interesting question because this president has two years left in his term. he and mitch mcconnell do not agree a lot but there is some pressure from republicans to show that he can govern. reform, maybe trade issues. those are some of the areas where there is a possibility for compromise area it is hard to imagine mitch mcconnell and this president cutting too many deals over the next two years. heis the main message that wants t

. >> macconnell made that clear. >> think of the oversight. darrell issa will no longer be the chairman of that committee. all that you have seen in the house, that was more in the senate. and the house will do their investigations. it is a great way to make your point. even if they haven't stuck with the public, and you are making your message and remind people about what your causes of the time, because there were a lot of them, this is a use of people. you tie up their days. you make them come for staff meetings. this is one way they hurt the health care law, by bringing in hhs officials testifying and not actually building a website or doing other things they needed to do. it's a good way to get the administration. >> you are going to see a bit of that in the last few months. almost every day the pentagon and state department officials were coming up to brief in subcommittee armed services, foreign relations, on nsa surveillance. anything across the board. it does tie them up. the amount of time people all the way up to the people are havi

the establishment guys won the primaries, macconnell knocked off the tea party guy. alexander defeated a tea party guy, so we have the establishment, but the chamber establishment did not fight as much in these individual races and the electorates are different. broun is leaving from georgia -- a very libertarian anti-a tablet and republican congressman from georgia. michele bachmann is leaving, that tom emmer, the male version of michele bachmann is coming in minnesota. boehner is going to have to tread very carefully. , i have three big questions and their leg -- their names are dance open and alaska and tom cotton in arkansas. ,hey are smart and personable but i'm not exactly sure where ofy fit in this question what is your role as a legislator. this is an important question particularly on the republican side. see theirse people role? do we need to compromise and compromises good or are we conservative republicans to elect presidents or our own party and they tell us they're going to shrink government and instead against your and we get medicare part d and we are