going to pass, figure out what the baseline is? >> it would open the door to negotiations. if you have a baseline, then you can have a sepb of where deals and concessions need to be made. i don't think that would be a problem. the larger issue is if you are in charge, if you are the speaker, for example, you don't want to give leverage to people who are then going to make demands and potentially embarrass you because the bill would be a failure. if the party negotiation that we're talking about saving face, but from the democrats point of view, also, i think they have higher priorities and think that president trump has been saying it's a matter of the dreamers versus the military. nobody's trying to deny funds to the military. >> dana: take a look at this, too. we're talking about blame and who would get the blame in a shutdown and would it matter. things are looking up for the republicans. gallop poll talking about the tax law before the bill passed