most republicans would not say what you just said. let s end with both you have had senator murkowski and senator collins, and they say the press corps is broken, and i am thinking you are just discovering that now. we have been in nuclear war since garland? the reid rule was broken at that time. the unintended consequence is we don t have any more black robes, they are red and blue robes with the judges, and that s all anybody is seeing now. that s absolutely what people are seeing, and not what only lawmakers are seeing and what voters are seeing. they are obviously voting and thinking about what you think
government functioning, so if you can do it by half. literally the only job. let me pull back for a second because there is strategically thinking from 30,000 feet, both parties have bases who sort of want to see what they re doing right now. the president has a base that likes the fact he s holding firm. democrats have a base that are like, no way, no how give him any money for that wall. do you think the president is thinking strategically, perhaps trying to build up some good will for 2019 when he knows he s going to have to spend a little of that capital? checking boxes, but the key to me is watch what leader mcconnell does this week and next with regards to the judiciary committee. and possibly a rules change not on the legislative filibuster but on the length of time any nominee can be slow walked because most of the trump nominees have been slow walked. they may force through the reid rule. that s base playing. i don t think the border wall is