with it, then it s not an emergency. whatever the criteria is going to be, if it ends up in court and up to a judge to help figure it out, that is not the criteria. it s not like i lose politically and therefore a national emergency. i think they are going to have a very hard time going down that path. the weight undermines the argument it s an emergency. if you had that power a month ago, three months ago, a year ago, you could have used it. april, second option to you is the shutdown option. again, mitch mcconnell went to the president and said we can no longer hold the line for you, mr. president. is it plausible to think that in now fewer than three weeks, congressional republicans are going to back this president for another shutdown? no, they won t, because this is more than the 800,000 people. that was a conservative estimate, if you will. you have not just the employees, but you have contractors and then you also have those who were affected. you have the uber drivers, you
and maybe get it over to the senate where we start all over again with a whole new cast of characters as they try to fight over this and come up with their own version of the bill or pass this one. if they don t get it, at some point republicans have to move on to their other priorities. they ve spent weeks and weeks since their initial failure trying to somehow make this bill work. but at the same time it s one of their main campaign promises. they are going to have to find a way to do something about it. find a way to talk about pre-existing conditions in a way that will satisfy the moderates and all those people who don t like the affordable care act because it doesn t go far enough. let s talk about the shutdown option. the president yesterday dropping this bomb shell that maybe everybody just needs a good shutdown to get its act together. the budget director standing in front of the podium walking that back. let s listen to what he said. it s not a goal, okay.