20th January 2018, 11:33 AM
There are risks on both sides here. On the one had, Dems are the ones stopping funding from continuing, so Republicans can push a (somewhat valid) narrative that it's the Dems' fault. On the other hand, they are only doing that because of how Republicans are tying funding the government to SCHIP and DACA, and saying 'fund the government and CHIP, forget DACA for now but we'll do that next month, really!' which is not believable AT ALL given how devoted the far right is to not just killing DACA, but reducing immigration overall. And then there's Trump, the incompetent TV-watcher-in-chief who has no clue how government works or what he actually wants, making deal-making nearly impossible because no one has any idea what he actually supports. Schumer actually said 'we'll give you wall funding if you approve DACA' and he rejected that! "Give me the wall, DACA's dead" is a nonstarter, so how do we end this shutdown...
But that's the risk -- who caves first? How long can this go on for? It could be either side, really.
But that's the risk -- who caves first? How long can this go on for? It could be either side, really.