This is my thinking, and I am a pretty far left Democrat. The door is open here. |
most likely -- i was just curious about their strategy (or lack thereof). |
The strategy seems to be aggressively destroying the function of the government. |
| Anyone know what happened with the rule vote today? |
As far as I can tell from the video they posted on YouTube, they met, heard testimony, then recessed and agreed to meet up again "after votes". I guess that's what's being streamed live on C-SPAN now, so TBD. |
| Saw on CNN that house Dems said they are willing to vote for Johnson’s bill. |
| There won’t be a shutdown. |
| House passed the CR. |
Told you so. |
...in 2023. |
Woo hoo! I’m nervous about 2024 but for now, relieved that we can keep working through the rest of this year. Glad the adults won the day. |
No way there’s a shutdown in a presidential election year. The GOP always comes out of these looking stupid; voters have a short memory but I don’t think they want to test how short. |
Hey, I’ll be thrilled if you’re right, truly. This GOP seems particularly… stupid? Crazy? Both? But yeah, maybe even they won’t be that self-defeating. |
NP and I'm not sure any politicians lose that much if they confine the shutdown to a week or two. Depending on the timing no one misses a paycheck and for the most part regular people don't even notice a shutdown. Whether they win anything is up for debate but a small number of them may be able to claim some sort of victory from a brief shutdown. |
| So, what is the story this morning? |