he s reportedly now bringing that closer down to one in an effort to get some of the republican holdouts on board. it remains to be seen if that will sway enough of his opposers to come on board. 20 republicans have voted against him in yesterday s three ballots. he can only afford to lose four, assuming that all members vote for a specific candidate. it remains to be seen if that concession will be enough. let s talk trump. it s been interesting watching his evolution on this. they was, for a while, withheld his support of mccarthy, and in recent weeks said okay, he s my guy, he should be speaker. he was not full throated. he did it from a distance. there was suggestion he was afraid to be associated with mccarthy if he were to lose because he was stung in the midterms. in the morning, all in, my kevin. he should be the guy. last night he backed off a little bit. give us your analysis about