Posted on 10/07/2025 9:49:56 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The government shutdown is barreling forward, with few signs of a resolution over the weekend.
It’s normal for these shutdowns to feel intractable, right up until the moment one side suddenly caves. But the dynamics here are unusual and suggest this one could last longer than usual.
The Democrats fold
This might be the most likely outcome, for a few reasons.
The first is that it’s generally how shutdowns end; the side that makes demands rarely gets what it wants, because the American people overwhelmingly don’t like using shutdowns as leverage.
The second is that we’ve already seen some cracks in the Democratic front. Three senators from the Democratic caucus have voted for the GOP’s so-called “clean” continuing resolution. If five more get cold feet about the whole thing, Democrats can’t maintain their filibuster.
And the third is that this could get increasingly painful for Democrats. While early polling has shown
It seems quite possible that as things drag on and real world impacts become more tangible – think: military members missing paychecks on October 15 – Americans might lose patience with the Democrats’ gambit, even as they’re quite sympathetic to the policy goal of extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies.
Also an x-factor here are the threats the administration is making to target blue states and programs Democrats like. Remember that fear Trump could impose lasting change was perhaps the main reason Democrats gave up during the last government-funding showdown this year.
“I believe allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said back in March.
There is some uncertainty about how far the administration will go to back up those threats, with some Republicans cautioning...
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I have not read the article.
I have not even read the article extract.
But I see only 3 scenarios:
1-Demcrats give up (10% chance)
2-Republicans give up (10% chance)
3-A compromise is reached (80% chance)
Now I will go read the article.
It will end when the next government payday comes up. Less than two weeks now.
If the homeland of the US suffers another catastrophic attack may end it. Well, hopefully it would.
#5. All the RATS die.
Hoping it keeps going for a long, long, long time.
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