… Traditionally, in shutdown politics, the party with the eroding poll numbers is the one to make the greater concessions. So, that’s that. The White House will be caving any day now, right?
Alas, the hard-working staff here at Spoiler Alerts is now convinced that the answer is no. …
From a Trumpian perspective, there are four reasons buried in the polling numbers for the president to persist in his status quo strategy of holding out. In descending order of validity: CONT.
Daniel W. Drezner (Tufts), Washington Post