Michael Barbaro
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Carl, just walk us through how you're thinking about the vote that just happened today in the biggest possible context.
Yeah, I think what we're seeing is not just with this vote, but with some other developments, the glimmers of lame duckism for President Trump.
Just explain that.
Which is a year out from now.
Which is they generally lose and everyone goes up.
They're done.
It's coming a little earlier because the election earlier this month.
Resounding.
today because it felt very memorable.
That is a very incisive comment that he made.
Trump was really determined to get the Senate to back off on the filibuster.
During the shutdown.
And they didn't.
They held firm because guess what?
They need that filibuster beyond President Trump's tenure.
That's a case of seeing beyond Trump.