It
was the tying together of those two issues that caused the inability of federal
officials to move forward.
NOW
AS TO whether those future discussions will amount to anything remains to be
seen. Nobody has pledged to change their stance, and it’s very possible the hard-core
ideologues will remain solidly behind policies that will eventually result in
increases in the number of deportations.
But
the sight of the U.S. government doing nothing will come to an end, and there’s
less chance of lingering harm being caused by the partisan politicking.
As
for who gets the blame for the partisan nonsense that’s already occurred, I
found a quickie poll conducted by Morning Consult for Politico to be
interesting.
Technically,
more people blamed Democrats than any other one group.
BUT
THAT MEANS 35 percent of those surveyed are anxious to blame the party of
Clinton and Obama, compared to 34 percent who want to say it’s Donald Trump’s
fault. As for another 15 percent, they say it’s the fault of Republicans in
Congress.
It
also seems that 47 percent of those surveyed said immigration and the Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals program were a worthy cause to bring other
government activity to a halt, while 39 percent said it was not.
That
compares to a similar poll taken earlier this month in which the sides were
evenly split 42 percent apiece on that very same question.
So
it’s likely that Democrats gained a superficial boost from the day of
inactivity – although I do find it interesting to see that their opposition
splits between placing blame on Trump and Congress. It seems we have 15 percent
who are just determined to refuse to say that Trump did anything wrong – even though
I doubt that anyone in Congress would have moved toward a shutdown if not for
The Donald whispering all those sweet nothings into their collective ears.
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