And really speaks to the diminished power that the former president has in this party right now after, you know, midterms and shellacking that republicans well, i guess you can t call it shellacking. they did flip the house, but still trump s diminished power doesn t want to weigh in now because he doesn t want to look like he s backing a loser. you just hinted at. mccarthy has a real problem on his hands right now in that his detractors are furious his allies starting threatening them saying they could lose committee posts. the theory trying to argue he is owed the speakership because he raised money for them, campaigned for people, et cetera. last night they spent time working the phones and trying to whip more republicans to come out against mccarthy. i think that that s the big question for today. he s got to show mccarthy has too show some sort of progress. show he s winning people over, but the more likely scenario is that the longer this, you know, stays out there, unresolve