pessimistic voices when he said this could go on for weeks. i think mcconnell wants to save his caucus, wants to save his majority. it s going to be a difficult pamth to defend in the next election. quite frankly, donald trump looks like cornell wallace at york town. he has to stand his ground. it s not ground he s going to be able to defend easily. his wall is supported only by 35% of the american people. happens to be a base that sees trump as their kind of their defender, their guy, the guy who isn t going to cave. so trump is not in a good position to compromise without losing his grip on his own political base.