[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.

[Political Junkie Too]

I agree, but we're not dealing with honest brokers on the Democrat side.

We all know how Pelosi operates; look how fast she started retaliating against her own caucus who didn't vote for her. She's probably fuming at Trump for humiliating her for a third time:

• first when he got she and Schumer to shut down the government the first time,
• second when he got Pelosi to demand that the cameras be turned off in their Oval Office meeting,
• and third when he canceled her military aircraft.

Pelosi is dug in now, because to her, it's her honor on the line and she won't abide being bested by Trump. If Republicans are smart, they need to turn to Schumer to bring Pelosi back from the brink, because I see no way that Pelosi will ever agree to a Trump deal where he gets what he wants.

I can see a worst case where an immovable Pelosi faces a no-confidence vote and an attempted removal as Speaker if she persists in an Ahab-like pursuit of stopping Trump on this.

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

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.

It looks like we may be heading in this direction.

Wouldn't it be a spectacle if Democrat intransigence resulted in a lesser deal in the long run? Would Pelosi's base insist on asking for an earlier reject offer? Would they keep pushing, even from a losing position, to regain what Pelosi rejected out of hand?

-PJ