
Bevan: Republicans Are Winning The Initial Messaging War On Shutdown, How Will Independents View It?
RCP’s Tom Bevan explains the partisanship views on who is winning the optics from the government shutdown: TOM BEVAN: I mean, if we look at shutdowns past, certainly when Republicans were they took the More...

Begala: This Is The “Dumbest” Shutdown Ever, Democrats Are Asking For One Thing And One Thing Only
On CNN Paul Begala criticizes Republicans during the government shutdown. Begala believes that the shutdown was unnecessary: PAUL BEGALA: I’ve seen a lot of shutdowns I’ve worked in the the White More...

Dem Rep. Liccardo: Democrats Are Willing To Keep The Government Shutdown “As Long As It Takes”
Rep. Sam Liccardo (D-CA) on CNN said Democrats will keep the government shutdown “as long as it takes” to ensure the cost of living is reduced. “As long as it takes to ensure that when the government More...

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez: If Republicans Believe I Caused Shutdown, Come To My Office And Strike A Deal
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes asked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday night about speculation that Senate Democrats failed to reach a funding agreement with the Trump administration because Senate Democratic More...

Speaker Johnson On Shutdown: Trump “Has Been A Benevolent President, He Is Mitigating The Harm Right Now”
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on CNN reacted to concerns by Democrats that President Donald Trump could use the shutdown to shrink the federal government. DANA BASH, CNN: I do want — I want to talk More...

Pelosi Scolds Reporter For Asking About AOC Triggering Shutdown: “Why Are You Saying Such A Ridiculous Thing?”
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi scolded a reporter on Wednesday for asking about a sarcastic comment from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that Republicans who think the government shut down because Senate Democratic More...

RCP Podcast: End of Woke Military, Dems Trapped in Shutdown? Kamala’s Book Is a Hit! California’s Doom Loop
Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon, and Andrew Walworth discussed the speech to military officers today by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and the politics of a government shutdown More...

‘Meet the Press’ Roundtable: Congress Deadlocked As Shutdown Looms
NBC’s Kristen Welker hosts David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker; former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson; and Peggy Noonan, columnist for the Wall Street Journal. RealClearPolitics Videos More...

RCP Podcast: DOJ Targets Comey and Soros, Tables Have Turned in ‘Shutdown’ Fight, What Happens When Comey Goes to Trial?
On Friday’s RealClearPolitics radio show, Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and Carl Cannon discuss the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, reports that the Justice Department is investigating the Open More...