"... The Republicans are feeling volcanic heat from below, as supporters face dramatically increasing health insurance premiums, especially in states without expanded Medicaid coverage. Food stamps benefit plenty of Republicans, too. Oklahoma has the fourth-greatest number of recipients, according to one survey. Louisiana has the second-most. (New Mexico is No. 1.)
"If I’m right, and the shutdown is being seen more broadly as legitimate resistance to Trump’s illegitimate rule, the point could be made more memorable by GOP voters going hungry while watching Trump build his gold-gilt 'ballroom' paid for by 'friends.' And if that pain goes on long enough, the Republicans risk reminding their base that, though they dislike the Democrats, their lives are entwined with their policies.
"It’s the Republicans, not the Democrats, who need an off-ramp. They risk revealing that Trump’s power is more important to him, and to them, than the health, well-being and freedom of their supporters..." -- John Stoehr, The Editorial Board, on the politics of the Government shutdown, and why it's the MAGAt Republicans who need an off-ramp, not Democrats who're fighting for popular policies the MAGAts want to kill.
How sure are we that the Democrats have the overwhelming leverage? This sure:
As the ongoing shutdown of the federal government nears its 30th day, a new Yahoo/YouGov poll shows that nearly twice as many Americans want it to end with Democrats getting their way rather than Republicans.
Only 26% of Americans, meanwhile, approve of how President Trump has been handling the shutdown. A full 65% disapprove.
The survey of 1,770 U.S. adults was conducted from Oct. 23 to 27, as Senate Democrats refused for the 12th and then 13th time to support a Republican-backed funding bill to reopen the government. (our emphasis)
Keep fighting, Dems!
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