emily, what sort can benefit from the structure of this debate? the ones that are lesser known will be introduced to the public for the first time. they re not going to get a lot in it. one or two sound bites maybe. coming across as someone that appeals to people, that can really hold their own in a presidential election against donald trump i think is the best they can do. for some of the candidates that are lesser known. and for some of candidates that are better known, this is an opportunity for them to almost reintroduce themselves to the public as someone who actually really could be the presidential front-runner. there are a lot of candidates in front-runner. there are a lot of c the race, warren has done the best job among this group, there s been discussion about them running for a long time so there weren t a lot of press stories to actually be written about them. it didn t feel like there was momentum. i think i think there s actually an opportunity for people who have been
for lack of a better word where so in 2013, when we re going through the shutdown, you at least have the feeling like the players involved were responding rationally to what was happening in the world around them. so if republicans endured days of terrible press stories, you could reliably count on the fact that they would respond accordingly, and that that would weaken their position. but so far republicans have endured close to two weeks of terrible stories, and it hasn t seemed to change their resolve whatsoever. in addition to their national disinclination to care about the government, they don t seem to care about the fact that they re getting absolutely destroyed in press coverage, and that poll after poll shows the public overwhelmingly blames them for the shutdown. to be frank with you, i don t really have a clear sense of how this ends. i think it could drag on for a while. there is no obvious end game. mitch mcconnell has made clear that he sees the senate as essentially an a
that s absolutely right. there is an extra layer of bizarreness, for lack of a better word. in 2013 when we went through the shut down, you had the feeling like the players were responding rationally to what was happening in the world around them. if republicans endured days of terrible press stories, you could count on the fact that they would respond accordingly and that would weaken their position. republicans have endured close to two weeks of terrible stories and it hasn t changed their resolve whatsoever. in addition the natural disinclination to not care about the government, they are getting destroyed in press coverage and in poll after poll, the public blames them for the shut down. to be frank with you, i don t have a clear sense of how this ends. i think it could drag on for a while. there is no obvious end game. mitch mcconnell sees the senate
yeah. you know, what feels scary about this shutdown, which has massive effects across the country, not just for the people who work for the government, the people who rely on the government for many different types of services is that, you know, when we went through the previous longest shutdown in 2013, we were going through it but you at least had the feeling that the players involved were responding to rational inputs. if republicans had a really bad day of press stories we knew on the democratic side that would weaken their resolve and make them more likely to compromise. with this shutdown it doesn t feel that trump is responding to rational inputs. it makes you wonder how long this could actually go on. francesca, that goes to the harry reid comment which is you can t negotiate with this someone who s this weird. and harry reid had a lot more to say. harry reid said about trump, he is not immoral but is amoral.
to he could have been a great general himself. yeah. you know, what feels scary about this shutdown, which has massive effects across the country, not just for the people who work for the government, the people who rely on the government for many different types of services is that, you know, when we went through the previous longest shutdown in 2013, we were going through it but you at least had the feeling that the players involved were responding to rational inputs. if republicans had a really bad day of press stories we knew on the democratic side that would weaken their resolve and make them more likely to compromise. with this shutdown it doesn t feel that trump is responding to rational inputs. it makes you wonder how long this could actually go on. francesca, that goes to the harry reid comment which is you can t negotiate with this someone who s this weird. and harry reid had a lot more to