The government shut down is technically over. It made no sense whatsoever. Nobody ever wins one of these, everyone loses. None of this is new. Newt Gingrich and the GOP shut down the government in ’95. Ted Cruz and right wing of the GOP closed down the government in 2013. And then of course, we just witnessed this mini shutdown of 2018. Just like our ‘normal’ current government, these shutdowns don’t really work. They’re just dramatic extensions of the pre-existing dysfunction.
The two party democratic system of government only works when you have visionary statesmen in both bodies of Congress and a strong pragmatic leader in the White House utilizing the Bully Pulpit to bring people together.
Good luck with that in circa 2018.
Then is when we’re going to find out if our government is completely dysfunctional. Eighty to ninety per cent of the country think the Dreamers should stay. It clearly is the right thing to do.
We’ll see what happens the next four weeks. I wonder if Teddy Roosevelt could have handled the American Freedom Caucus and Steven Miller.
I’m sure he could have handled it.
Not so sure Caligula has this skill set.