blowing a winnable opportunity to wrestle back control of the u.s. senate. while it s still unlikely the democrats take back the house, the more they settle for chaos, the more they risk their majority in that chamber as well. the gop is making a masochistic effort to lose power and is flirting with just that possibility. that expert is charlie cook along with john feehery. is there a win direction right now, charlie, that will effect elections coming out of this fight over the debt ceiling and, of course, the shutdown? chris, you know, these kinds of things nobody wins. everybody loses to a center extent. one side always loses more than another. republicans are suffering from an enormous amount of self-inflicted damage. they re hurting their brand. and this is damage that can go for a long time. you know, and i would look at it just so much as the 2014
their chances every day of blowing a winnable opportunity to wrestle back control of the u.s. senate. while it s still unlikely the democrats take back the house, the more they settle for chaos, the more they risk their majority in that chamber as well. the gop is making a masochistic effort to lose power and is flirting with just that possibility. that expert is charlie cook along with john feehery. is there a win direction right now, charlie, that will effect elections coming out of this fight over the debt ceiling and, of course, the shutdown? chris, you know, these kinds of things nobody wins. everybody loses to a center extent. one side always loses more than another. republicans are suffering from an enormous amount of self-inflicted damage. they re hurting their brand. and this is damage that can go for a long time.