back together, try to pass it, send it back over here. i mean, we could potentially get into some ping-pong. it s pretty clear the white house was sending a signal to the senate earlier this week that they were going to be onboard with this short-term cr. mitch mcconnell told me as much, i asked him on tuesday, are you convinced you re not going to shut down over christmas? and he was very clear, he said, yeah, i am convinced that we re not going to shut down. and mitch mcconnell is a man of relatively few words. he doesn t say things he doesn t speak out of school. if he was saying that then, you know, we felt like we could take it to the bank. clearly, the message got lost in translation. it s a pretty tough day for mitch mcconnell. also, a tough day for paul ryan, ali. yeah! all of the events of today, this was supposed to be his last day, his last press conference as speaker. everyone was going to kind of go out in a bit of a merry atmosphere. there s a couple of members of c