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Good morning, everyone. I am playbook co-author, Ryan Lizza. It's Thursday, February 8th,

and here's what's driving the day. Republican senators meet at 9.30 this morning to chart their

path forward on the long-stalled supplemental.

Chuck Schumer sent everyone home last night without a vote on the now-paired-down bill to, in Schumer's

words, give our Republican colleagues the night to figure themselves out. President Joe Biden

will deliver his customary annual remarks to House Democrats this afternoon at their

policy retreat in Northern Virginia. These speeches delivered on-camera tend to be rah-rah,

low news value affairs, but the questions that follow from members when the cameras are turned

off can be quite revealing, so we'll be curious in particular if Biden gets pressed on his next steps in the

Middle East. If all that isn't enough, at 10 a.m. this morning, the Supreme Court will hear

oral arguments in Trump v. Anderson, the Colorado case that will decide whether the former

president is allowed on the ballot this year. Joining me now to talk about that historic case is legal editor James Ramoser.

Good morning, James.

Morning, Ryan. How's it going?

Very well. Big day today. I know you're going to be helming or editing a live blog starting

at 9 a.m. So listeners, please check that out. We'll have a lot of the best legal writers and

editors at Politico contributing to that. And Josh Gerstein will be in the courtroom itself.

Is Josh allowed to file from the court, or they're still using 19th century rules over there?

19th century rules for the most part. So he's not allowed to bring anything but pen and paper into the courtroom itself.

All right.

Let's start with what this case is.

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