#Democrats had succeeded in drawing news coverage to #healthcare, & had even baited #Republicans into floating more of their toxic & radical ideas for changing the system.

The likeliest way out of the impasse wasn’t that Republicans would make concessions on the #ACA, but rather that they would decide to end the #filibuster, changing #Senate rules to block minority parties from shutting down the govt. #Trump had demanded Republican senators do this….

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#Democrats are demanding an extension of tax credits for people purchasing #HealthInsurance on the individual market. That is an issue where they command massive public support.

#Republicans were unlikely ever to give in on the tax credits, because their ideological opposition to universal #healthcare is so overwhelming that they would rather suffer defeat than surrender. But that is just the thing: They were taking the hit.

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Trump’s approval ratings have fallen sharply during the #shutdown. Indeed, #Trump himself attributed #Republicans’ surprisingly dismal performance in Tuesday’s #elections to the shutdown.

What’s more, #Democrats’ goal during the shutdown was to draw more public attention to #healthcare, one of their strongest issues, & one where Republicans are engineering a social catastrophe.

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The likely reason is that #Trump has comported himself unlike any other president, flaunting his impunity in ways both important (refusing to fund programs authorized by #Congress) & visible (a unilateral demolition of the #EastWing). He hosted a decadent “Great Gatsby” Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago hours before millions of Americans lost #FoodStamps.

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"We got both kinds, country AND western" politics

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