Democrats’ Shutdown Suicide
Democrats Drifting Into Electoral Oblivion In the surreal theater of Washington's latest government shutdown-now grinding into its third week-Senate Democrats are starring in their own self-authored tragedy. What began as a routine funding fight has devolved into a masterclass in political malpractice: cowering before their hard-left base, aimlessly drifting without policy direction, mangling their messaging into incoherence, and desperately replaying battles they lost decisively just months ago. The result? A party hemorrhaging leverage, public trust, and future elections. Unless they snap out of this death spiral, Democrats aren't just risking 2026 midterms-they're handing Republicans a decade of dominance on a silver…