Needed: Competent Leadership Members of the Democratic Party are arguing over who was responsible for their failed attempt to use the government shutdown to pressure...

Needed: Competent Leadership Members of the Democratic Party are arguing over who was responsible for their failed attempt to use the government shutdown to pressure the Republicans into renewing the enhanced tax credits for the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Their message was that without that extension, more than 2 million people will lose health insurance coverage next year, according to projections by the Congressional Budget Office. Rep. Tom Cole, the Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, gleefully poked at them, saying, “We told you 43 days ago that government shutdowns don’t work, you haven’t achieved your objective yet, and you’re not going to.”  And he seems to be right, given that House Speaker Mike Johnson said he will...

Needed: Competent Leadership Members of the Democratic Party are arguing over who was responsible for their failed attempt to use the government shutdown to pressure the Republicans into renewing the enhanced tax credits for the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Their message was that without that extension, more than 2 million people will lose health insurance coverage next year, according to projections by the Congressional Budget Office. Rep. Tom Cole, the Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, gleefully poked at them, saying, “We told you 43 days ago that government shutdowns don’t work, you haven’t achieved your objective yet, and you’re not going to.”  And he seems to be right, given that House Speaker Mike Johnson said he will...