SFGATE: Analysis: Why Dems lost their nerve in the shutdown battle

SFGATE: Analysis: Why Dems lost their nerve in the shutdown battle

Analysis: Why Dems lost their nerve in the shutdown battle Published on January 23, 2018 at 02:25AM by Robert Costa, Erica Werner and Karen Tumulty, The Washington Post WASHINGTON – From the outset, the government shutdown had been a test of wills. On Monday morning, the Democrats realized they had lost theirs. At a caucus …