If Democrats Cave on the Shutdown Now, What Was It All For?

Tuesday night’s mellow was harshed before the elections even started. Damn you, CNN.

There is still no official agreement within a group of Senate centrists that have been privately meeting to discuss a shutdown exit ramp. But multiple sources involved in discussions told CNN that a deal could be reached as soon as this week to pass a temporary stopgap bill to reopen the government alongside several full-year spending bills—with a promise of a future vote to extend billions in enhanced Obamacare subsidies. Roughly a dozen Senate Democrats have privately signaled that they are willing to support a stopgap funding deal to reopen the government in exchange for a future vote on health care, two Democratic sources familiar with the discussions told CNN Tuesday.

I don’t believe there are 12 D