Senate Democrats are going to cave and let the GOP continuing resolution proceed through cloture. That was their one veto point, their one piece of leverage.
And they gave it up.
Josh Marshall lays out why this is terrible.
I wonder though.
My worry was not that a shutdown would hurt Democrats, and I don't think that's what Schumer and others were arguing. Republicans get tarred by shutdowns.
My worry was that a shutdown would be a DOGE-accelerant. They are actively trying to eviscerate the government's functional ability to do anything. Why would they fear a shutdown? My hope, even assumption, was that a CR couldn't get through this House. It did. I think at that point, the game was up.
What I do feel strongly about, like incandescently strongly about, is that the fucking Democrats better stop asking me for my fucking money if this is the best resistance that they can muster. I'm skeptical of the "DO SOMETHING" voices, but this was honestly a chance to do "something".
Also, Chuck Schumer needs to be replaced, should Democrats win a majority in 2026.
UPDATE: Martin Longman makes a lot of sense. There was no winning move here.
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