In the ideal of the American political system, the government would never have reached the point to be closed. The Republicans and Democrats are said to have been jeopardized for the tax reduction law. The ACA subsidies and Medicaid would not have been cut. No crisis would have been created, And the government would still be open.
The system of representative government was built on the starting point that various interests would compromise for the well -being of the country.
A situation in which a party would control the federal government and ignore all other voices was not conceivable for those who designed the system.
When one political party chooses to rule unilaterally, the other party cannot lean back and pretend that this is as usual, but that is what Democrats asked in the Senate in Trump’s deadline.
Even while their supporters encouraged them to fight, the institutionalist Democrats in the Senate put their belief in the institution and believed that it would be good.
They were wrong.
One of the Republican talk points during this closure is that the Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has been left to the left of his party by his party, but that is not an accurate explanation.
The power that Democrats are moving to fight comes from the party itself, and this is a reality that Republicans have not understood.
Democrats who are committed to fighting for health care in the congress are not only the left. They are also the centerists and moderates that Republicans traditionally counted on cracking during episodes such as government closures.
The anger is not only among democratic supporters.
It has also spread to members of the congress.
Here is the proof that the dynamics have shifted.
