With the U.S. government’s fiscal year coming to an end on September 30, the next episode of Government Shutdown Theater has been scheduled. Politicians trying to stoke both their fundraisers and their bases for support are already rehearsing their lines for their kabuki performance.

From the theater critic’s corner, the upcoming episode looks to be even dumber than the last one. That is really saying something because that episode turned into a total bust. In a sense, the stage show got cancelled before it even opened because Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and nine others backed down when they realized they stood to lose far more than they could ever win.

This time around, they intend to rewrite the script. It’s as if they see a chance to snatch defeat from the jaws of their previous, already almost-forgotten embarrassment.

Writing in The Hill, Al Weaver sees no good options for the shutdown party, which won’t stop them from pursuing the unwanted return of government........

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