posted January 19, 2018 11:24 AM            

Also Trump boasted that there was a need for a "Good Shutdown", it is part of his MAGA Strategy.

posted January 19, 2018 11:14 PM            

This is what hypocrite Schumer had to say about government shutdowns in 2013.

Hypocrite Schumer Had A Very Different View On Shutting Government Down in 2013
Ryan Saavedra
January 18, 2018

posted January 20, 2018 01:15 AM            

The first "side deal" will be on paying the Military. Even Trump tweeted that in 2013, why are Republicans not believing their own President's older tweets?

posted January 20, 2018 01:20 AM            

Let me add that Shutdowns are a God send for the opposition. Republicans were rewarded by voters with House and Senate Flip after 2013 shutdown.
And that is when Obama had very good approval ratings compared to Trump. Sp politically, this shutdown will help the Blue Wave of 2018 midterms as Trump's disapproval rating has soared despite an excellent economic performance.

The Shutdown could eliminate much of the "Tax Cut" benefits as well. Trump by belittling thousands of honest journalists and media as "Fake News" has further hurt the chances of communication from the government establishment.

So it is all working out for Dems right now.

posted January 20, 2018 08:57 AM            

You should get out more.

Shep Smith is the far left lunatic democrat Fox News likes to showcase at 3pm. The New York Times has their token..David Brooks and the Fox News Network has Shep Smith.

On a different note, you need some simple math tutoring.

The buck doesn't stop with President Trump because it takes 60 votes in the US Senate to pass most legislation.

Democrats are going to find out next November that voting against health insurance for low income children..CHIPS and voting against funding even basic necessities for our military personnel in the field..like...food, water, medicine, fuel, ammunition etc. puts them squarely in the bulls eye of those to be involuntarily retired from elected office.

posted January 20, 2018 11:08 AM            

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Originally posted by iQ:
If Shep Smith is so bad, why is he paid 8 million a year? Why does Fox not fire him?
Or is Fox going to be sold to Bezos or something?
Seriously, it is not about 60 seats, there is full control of law making process, make a deal and get on with it. Crying like losers when they cannot get things right does not befit a ruling party.
Let GOP learn basics of Governance: Get everyone on board. Hatred of Dems is just immature. GOP failed. Period.

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Idiocy!

The Senate Filibuster Rule makes it impossible to pass most legislation without support from both parties. With 12 democrat Senate seats up for reelection in 2018...many in states President Trump won handily, Republicans may have their 60 vote, bullet proof majority.

posted January 20, 2018 11:23 AM            

Pat Caddell on Shutdown: Democrats Have ‘Lost Control of Their Base’
Robert Kraychik
20 Jan 2018

Democrats “have lost control” of their base and membership, said veteran pollster Pat Caddell while commenting on the day’s “government shutdown.”
Caddell’s remarks came in a Friday interview with Breitbart News’s Senior Editor-at-Large Rebecca Mansour on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight.

“They have got themselves locked in on this question about DACA,” said Caddell, pointing to broad Democrat prioritization of pursuing legislative amnesty for illegal immigrants styled after the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy.

Democrats will politically damage themselves by prioritizing pursuit of a DACA-style amnesty bill while neglecting border security, said Caddell. Widespread Democrat support for “sanctuary cities,” he added, is an unpopular position across the broader public.

“Yes, DACA itself is very popular, but so are the positions that Trump has laid out that also need to be part of any deal,” said Caddell. “Those are also popular. Sanctuary cities are not popular. Simply amnesty by itself is not popular. Most of all, protecting the border is popular, whether people like the idea of a wall or not.”

“Democrats certainly understood in December that this was not a good idea to shut the government down over DACA,” said Caddell. “They’ve lost control of their base.”

President Donald Trump should publicly highlight the damage done to “children and the military” by most Senate Democrats, said Caddell, pointing to broad Senate Democrat rejection of full funding for federal government operations via the continuing resolution.

“I don’t see in the end how the Democrats benefit,” said Caddell regarding the shutdown. “If the president says, ‘This is not part of the budget, and we’re not going to give it, and you’re hurting children and the military.’ And we will start seeing evidence of that very quickly … The effects are going to pretty immediate and pretty real to people, and they’re going to be ticked off.”

posted January 20, 2018 10:35 PM            

January 20, 2018
CNN poll: 'DACA not worth a shutdown, except to Democrats'
Thomas Lifson

Even CNN, which copped four out of ten "Fake News Awards" from President Trump, gets it, even if Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi don't. I cannot imagine a headline like this, or even poll results like this, being reported by progressive media pre-Trump.

Jennifer Agiesta writes at CNN.com:

With hours to go before a midnight deadline for Congress to fund the government or shut it down, most Americans say avoiding a shutdown is more important than passing a bill to maintain the program allowing people brought to the [U.S.] illegally as children to stay, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.

But Democrats taking a hard line on legislation connecting government funding to the popular program known as DACA appear to have the backing of their constituents ...

posted January 21, 2018 12:41 PM            

Now that Schumer and the Democrats shot down the spending bill, the government shut down. Republicans blamed Schumer for the shutdown, calling it the “Schumer Shutdown.”

posted January 21, 2018 04:06 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Nine million children are now without health insurance. Good job, Dems!

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