what do you say and mitch mcconnell will say, ugh, ugh, i don t know what he ll say. it doesn t make sense politically. it doesn t make sense substantively. it s really not of this world. it s not grounded in reality. do republicans feel the way that jennifer feels that there is a no win scenario for them? that the president is handing nancy pe losi a premature victory. here is what senator shelby said. it s a question of when do we get off the blame game and get to serious negotiations. at the end of the day all of this will end, we don t know when in negotiations. it s not a question of who wins or loses. nobody will win this kind of game. nobody wins in a shutdown. we all lose. we kind of look silly. garrett, does everybody look sil silly? reporter: i think he fairly well encapsulates what senate