Democrats bet Americans won't wise up to shutdown games

Apparently, Dems are willing to let the suffering continue as long as they can dodge responsibility; Republicans, meanwhile, feel they can't OK the $1.5 trillion ransom that Democrats demand. REUTERS

Believing they’re “winning” the government shutdown, Democrats are playing a dangerous game of chicken, aiming to keep on exploiting the public’s misdirected ire — without it being turned on them.

Yet what’s already a record-long federal closure could blow up in their faces if their scheming means millions of Americans can’t see grandma at Thanksgiving .

Even though it’s the Dems refusing to let the government reopen, Senate and House Minority Leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries & Co. bet that voters would finger Republicans for gumming up the works.

The gamble seemingly paid of