The Note: Democrats' resolve grows as Trump hits border

[DonViejo]

By RICK KLEIN and MARYALICE PARKS Jan 10, 2019, 6:01 AM ET

So much for 45 minutes to solve the impasse.

It took far less than that for the latest negotiating session between President Donald Trump and Democratic leaders to break down, in what Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called a "temper tantrum" and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi referred to as "pathetic" and "petulant."

Trump heads to McAllen, Texas, Thursday afternoon with options that appear ever less palatable, and a party that is growing less patient with his behavior and his claims. Democrats, meanwhile, have found what they may have lacked: an issue that unites their new majority and strengthens the position of Schumer and Pelosi.

The president's credibility problems are catching up to him, as he seeks to unite Republicans who aren't wild about being led by him right now. One of his easiest off-ramps -- declaring a national emergency and building the wall without Congress' approval -- would likely hasten a brewing GOP rebellion.

Trump continues to say he's channeling the broader Republican Party in insisting on a wall as the price for reopening the government. But that's a far less certain proposition than the view among Democrats that Trump's coalition isn't holding.

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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/note-democrats-resolve-grows-trump-hits-border/story?id=60269749

[beachbum bob]

1. president is "proud" to own the shutdown, McConnel is proud to sit on House bills to end it,

we are all proud the democrats are holding firm and committed.

We can survive a shutdown, workers can survive a shutdown. We can not survive an uncontrolled president


that must end