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Hey, good morning, Playbookers. I'm Rogumonovalin. It's Wednesday, and this is your Politico

Playbook Daily Briefing. Later today, Republicans are set to filibuster the Democrats' latest

attempt to raise the debt ceiling, just as Mitch McConnell has been saying they do since the summer.

But here's the question.

What is Chuck Schumer's plan B?

The majority leader never passes up an opportunity to put the GOP on record on issues that he thinks make Republicans look hypocritical.

But privately, many Democrats acknowledge that this isn't going to get them out of the pickle they're in

because McConnell is seemingly impervious to shame, and Democrats are running out of time.

Here are a few dynamics we'll be watching today.

One, is the filibuster carve-out chatter real or nonsense?

There was a lot of talk on Capitol Hill Tuesday, but creating an exemption to the

filibuster for the debt ceiling, particularly after Joe Manchin sounded ambivalent about it.

The issue came up in the Democrats' weekly caucus lunch, where a bunch of members expressed

a preference for a rule change over the tedious process of raising the borrowing cap via

reconciliation. By last night, even President Joe Biden

was suggesting there was a, quote, real possibility that Democrats could go nuclear to raise

the dead ceiling. Manson's office did tell Playbook that the senator hasn't changed his opposition

to a filibuster carveout. And even if he did, Democrats would still have to deal with Kirsten's

cinema. In this case, however, her office wouldn't comment.

Could cinema get behind a carve-out for the debt ceiling?

Dynamic number two, Republicans signal cooperation on reconciliation.

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