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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics.

It's Thursday, December 10th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

Over the past two years, a small group of radical Republicans has pushed Congress to the right,

forcing out House Speaker John Boehner and replacing him with Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.

Ryan spoke last week at the Library of Congress.

So if we want to save the country, if we want to do what we believe in, then we need a mandate from the people.

And if we want a mandate, then we need to offer ideas.

And if we want to offer ideas, then we need to actually have ideas.

That's where the House Republicans come in.

So our number one goal for next year is to put together a complete alternative to the left's agenda.

Ryan Lissett joins me to discuss the divisions within the Republican Party and what they

mean for the country. Hi, Ryan. Hi, Dorothy. You know, we've been here before. I hate to say it.

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