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Mission Accomplished

The bill to fund the federal government that looks after a 19 Trillion Dollar economy showed it's dysfunction when political infighting and posturing caused a shortfall of the required 60 votes by the deadline on Friday night.

Without delay, Trump accused the Democrats of putting politics above the interests of the American people, and the Democrats blamed him for rejecting bipartisan compromise proposals. And the Democrat insistence to staple a DACA requirement to the continued funding of the government.

Both teams claim they will keep talking, and the White House budget chief has expressed optimism that a resolution will be found before Monday.

When that doesn't happen, hundreds of thousands of federal workers face the prospect of no work and shuttered offices at the start of the working week.

The last government shutdown was in 2013, and lasted for 16 days. However, any thoughts that a shutdown will actually save taxpayers, it will, in fact, do the opposite. According to Senator Rand Paul - it actually cost taxpayers more. Here's an article, if you care.

Web of GoOP

NPR is attacked by the right hand fringe of the political carpet. NPR decides to run a story about the "independent" groups that are funding all the ads this cycle... I'll save you the trip and show you the money.

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It sounds like a tit-for-tat attack right up Fox News's cycle - except for one problem... NPR did this number on the Democrats in 2008.

But with the Democrats, theirs was much larger and more interesting.

Link to one from 2008

Fun With Fundraising

Mr. Obama is the best fundraiser the Democrat Party has, but his drawing power isn't what it used to be.

As Mr. Obama is off to MO and NV today to raise money for Sec/State Robin Carnahan (D), running for an open Senate seat there and to help prop up wounded dog Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

But Carnahan's campaign wasn't able to completely sell out the Folly Theater, where Obama will appear for a 'grassroots event' on Carnahan's behalf, at the prices they wanted. Tickets once priced at $250 are now going for $99, while $35 tickets are half off. So come on down!

The 1,078-seat theater was expected to net $250K for Carnahan's campaign, the Kansas City Star reported.

It's just one of Obama's 2 stops for Carnahan; he will appear at a higher-dollar affair at a Marriott hotel in downtown Kansas City -- ironically, the same location where the RNC will host its summer meeting in Aug. But it's telling Obama couldn't fill a theater at the higher price; in '08, just 2 weeks before Election Day, Obama drew 100K to an event in St. Louis and another 75K to a rally in Kansas City, according to an account from McClatchy.

Mr. Obama had 4 total fundraising events scheduled in MO and 2 in NV. VP Joe Biden is also hitting the trail, raising money for Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR), a freshman Dem facing a tough re-election bid, in a luncheon event in Portland. Later, Biden travels to the Bay Area for a fundraiser with Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA).

I haven't seen drop off like that since George Bush was in office.

And it also makes me wonder, if Mr. Obama's job is to lead - both the country and fundraising, it seems that he's not making a lot of people happy with either of his duties. If he keeps this up, he might have a primary fight to worry about before the general election.

It also makes me think that the Democrats are setting up to surrender all the gains they made in 2008.