Mike Howell

Hey, thanks for having me.

Yeah, so Schumer put out what I guess people are going to call an offer.

It's not much of a deal.

If we were playing deal or no deal, I think you'd smack that no deal button pretty hard.

He basically said, we'll reopen the government if you extend Obamacare.

I don't know in what world anyone thinks a victory for Obama is going to get us out of this shutdown.

It seems that every Republican on the Senate side has completely rejected it.

But working on the other side of this equation...

Obviously, it's President Trump calling for Republicans to end the filibuster, to reopen the government unless they can secure a deal, and they shouldn't leave town until they do that.

So pause right there and say, he controls the FAA.

If you want to shut down airspace over DCA, he could do that.

So that could be an interesting plot twist.

But look, the Republican senators, they're not going to end the filibuster.

I think we all know this.

This is the same kind of contingent that stood by Mitch McConnell for so long.

You got to dance with the girl you brought to prom.

And unfortunately, a lot of people at this prom are not on President Trump's side.

And even more unfortunately, a lot of them have been endorsed by President Trump over the course of their careers.

And you look at

You know, the primary is coming down the pike and it's the same cast of characters, whether it's, you know, Lindsey Graham or types like him that will still get the Trump endorsement, but not do what he says here.