Quote:JFerio wrote:The GOP moderates know that they need Democrat support to pass an appropriations bill that would keep the government open. They have 5 days from next Monday to do it. They had been in negotiations for the past month. The plan was a one week extension to hash out the details. The Trump administration's insistence on a wall and now the push to do a new repeal and replace on the ACA is going to scuttle the talks. And there is not enough time to do both. Antagonizing the other side needlessly is an idiotic thing to do. Why is the administration doing this now? PR. Trump wants to say that on Day 100 he has done great and amazing things. And he and his staff is willing to shut down the government to get his way. they will get the shut down but not much else. blaming the Democrats will not help when you have the majorities in all branches of government.
The Republicans have shown a willingness to let everything grind to a halt to get their way... why would it be any different now? And as Rob noted, we had a lot of people vote that would LOVE to see the government shut down because they don't realize what all it actually does for them.
May we live in interesting times indeed.
Trump still thinks he's campaigning for the office (matter of fact they're already fund raising for his re-election campaign). Let's face it: This administration doesn't know how to govern and is not interesting in doing so.
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