[Political Junkie Too]

Fox saying that Democrats won't budge until the government is reopened.

In other words, they want Trump to give up his leverage before they play.

Trump is offering solutions to the national problem, but Democrats are only focusing on the process of negotiation. They know that if the government reopens, then the pressure will be off of them to compromise at all, while Trump's offer is still hanging out there in the ether.

It's Democrat SOP:

1. Refuse to compromise while Republicans keep sweetening the pot.
2. Pressure Republicans into giving up their "show-stopper" to continue, in this case, funding the government.
3. Once the government is reopened, Democrats refuse to compromise but insist on Republicans giving what they previously offered.

All of this happens without the Democrats ever putting an idea of their own on the table. Democrats just keep saying "No... no... no..." while Republicans keep adding compromise after compromise after compromise. When the dust settles, Democrats now have a menu of compromises to choose from while Republicans have nothing similar from the Democrats.

-PJ

[AndyJackson]

There is another way to look at this negotiation. Those were the terms on the table this morning and you rejected that deal. The next deal you get won’t be so good.

[Electric Graffiti]

Linda Grahamnesty has already stated the dems were not going to deal or give in and that Trump should declare a national emergency and build the wall.

Why all this BS? BUILD THE FARKIN WALL ALREADY!!!

And KEEP the govt shutdown while you’re at it.

Something is not right.

[WVNan]

Junkie, put your synopsis on the White House twitter or FB. or both. Maybe DJT hasn’t focused on the Democrat system of negotiating as many times as we have.

[semimojo]

All of this happens without the Democrats ever putting an idea of their own on the table. Democrats just keep saying "No... no... no..."

To be fair, the Dems signed on to a deal that passed the Senate by voice vote and by all accounts was ready to be rubber stamped by the House.

Since then all that’s happened is Trump added a condition to what everyone else agreed to. I don’t see compromise after compromise.

[an amused spectator]

The Democrats don’t understand who they’re dealing with. ;-)