A Shutdown Is the Least-Bad Option for Democrats

Jonathan Bernstein : “A shutdown is probably the least-bad option for the Democrats; they perhaps might consider a fixed-time shutdown followed by normal negotiations with an abnormal president; and while this is something of an opportunity for the party, no one should expect too much from a situation in which they really don’t have all that much leverage at all.”

“They should do what they can, but as long as Republicans have working majorities in both chambers, Congressional Democrats are just not the ones in a good position to defend the republic.”