former speaker pelosi come out and say if there s going to be a shutdown it will be the republicans fault and schumer followed suit, then what you had, interestingly, yesterday was senator reid floated the idea of maybe what we want is a short term continuing resolution to keep things going while we keep talking. to me it signaled it was either the white house or harry reid who realized it s actually the democrats that might end up with the blame when it comes to this government shutdown. bill: so the mixed messages are flying back and forth. and what politico was writing this morning is does the republican party have the edge this time, reflecting back on the shutdown from 1995 and 1996. can you make a case if they do have the edge now? you can, because it s not 1995, and i know that that s what everybody compared it compares it to because that s the last time it happened but the mood of the country is shifting and just look at what s happening in wisconsin, those protests ten ye