This budget battle over spending for the balance of the fiscal year was small potatoes compared to what is to come. Whether he got 30 billion or 60 billion does not mean much relative to the entire 1.6 trillion deficit.The last thing one wants is to use all your ammunition by shutting down the government in the small battle leading up to the big one. What the Republicans wanted was momentum coming into the big fight coming up for trillions in cuts for the next 10 years.I think they achieved that objective, have not expended all their ammunition and a government shutdown will be much more warranted in the big fight where everything will be at stake than this little skirmish.
Yeah, this is like getting the tip of the wedge in the crack, which you have to do before you can start hammering away. I least I hope that’s what this is. They’re having a battle royale at National Review over whether this was a win or a loss.