if they lose the election, if they lose in 2026, they are finished, finished politically,

but, you know, so much else. And I had a conversation yesterday with a White House person. And this person

expressed alarm. And I think reflected the alarm that went through the White House on Tuesday night.

They're up against it. They're candidate. Their reason for being cannot course correct.

They're heading into disaster.

Michael. Michael.

Joanna.

What are you hearing?

I think that this is an interesting moment, which we should put a pin in.

It really, for one thing, it begins this.

We've just come through one year, this, this horrendous and shattering year,

and now we enter this other year, which will be, which is really going to be all about the midterms.

And it's officially, kind of begins now. And I had a conversation yesterday with a White House person.

And that was revealing.

I mean, this person expressed alarm, and I think reflected the alarm that went through the White House on Tuesday night.

They're up against it, and they may have known that before, but this became crystal clear on Tuesday night.

And it's not just that this election was bad for them,

but the understanding that Trump, their standard bearer, their candidate,

their reason for being, cannot course correct.

Cannot course correct.

Will not course correct.

Doesn't even, I think, understand the concept of a course correction.

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