to busy playing Porn actor and Stupid American.

If we cave and give him his CR with only a vague promise of DACA maybe being addressed in a couple of weeks, he'll see it as how he triumphed again over the Washington swamp and those Democrat losers in particular, and will just become more confident he can do it over and over.

in a couple of weeks, we will still have the leverage of another CR in 30 days AND raising the debt limit.

edit to add: If we do nothing and Rs invoke Nuclear option, we could lose CHIP and all leverage.

TRump can't remember what he said from one minute to the next and he never honors his debts. Promises are no good. If we don't get "paid" up front, we will never see it, and will look like foolish chumps to boot.

P.s. If they use the nuclear option they will "win" this war...but boy will they ever pay.

and then hold them accountable for their DACA promise in 30 days?

to raise the debt limit. We would already have CHIP at that point.

So, we let the show go on, and, by early February, McYurtle allows a separate DACA bill to be brought to the Senate floor. And it loses. Or it passes the Senate and Ryan kills it in the House. Or it passes both chambers, and Trump vetos it. Do we shut the government down again? I very much doubt it. (Generally, a second shutdown starts costing the minority party, big-time.)

I think it should be clear that, if we don't get DACA in this CR, we won't get it at all.

and we will lose CHIP. That will hurt so many families. I would much rather get CHIP, a promise on DACA and roll the dice with the shut down in 30 days.

It sounds like you're fine with playing the Republicans' "divide and conquer" game. Well, if it works this time, expect to see it a lot more in the future.

Personally, I'm not a big fan of "Sophie's Choice."

this is no time to cave to those Rethug assholes!!

The lights are on but nobody is home.