About Overthinking the Shutdown

Originally published at: About Overthinking the Shutdown - TPM – Talking Points Memo

There’s now a flurry of statements from GOP congressional leadership essentially saying, Democrats need to do the right thing, act responsibly. The White House is claiming it’s about ACA for “illegals”. If anything this tends to confirm the folly of all these intricate and baroque arguments about how to win or argue or whatever else…