Maybe We’re Having a Shutdown After All?

Fascinating breakdown in the effort to avoid a government shutdown. And in a new twist it’s Obama and Reid and Boehner trying to force the current bill through. Earlier I noted what appears to be a big (though not much discussed) shift in national Democrats stance toward Wall Street. Here I think there’s another shift – though a tactical one rather than one of basic positions. Unlike in the past, House Democrats aren’t necessarily there to give Boehner the votes he needs when he can’t bring his right wingers to heel.