Honestly, I’m constantly stunned by how our leaders, those we agree with, and those with whom we don’t, seem so out of touch and ignorant of the facts. Levin has laid out the indisputable facts on power of the purse and how fake the DHS “shutdown” would be. These are winning arguments -— why doesn’t leadership understand them?
Because the people of this country are ignorant. The repubs will get clobbered by the news media - here is an example: Friday night - midnight (technically Saturday), the CBS radio news comes on at the top of the hour. These are the exact opening words - "Can the Republicans prove they can govern?" If DHS is funded, they can govern; if DHS is not funded, they can't govern. It is that simple to the biased news and to many voters, who are ignorant.
The truth is the repubs are stupid to have put themselves in this situation. They deserve it.