Another predictable Schumer Shutdown Showdown dies

Predictably, another Schumer Shutdown Showdown ended, as Ed Morrissey quoted T.S. Eliot here, that another "Schumer Shutdown ended "not with a bang, but a whimper." Another Schumer Shutdown, another whimper, another brave-sounding speech from Sen. Schumer in the middle of the night. Blah, Blah, Blah, Yada, Yada, Yada. Early this morning, CBS reported "The Senate early Friday unanimously approved funding for most of the Department of Homeland Security. The exceptions were Immigration and Customs Enforcement and parts of Customs and Border Protection. The measure now heads to the House for approval."

For the past 40+ days, Democrats insisted they wouldn't budge until they got a raft of reforms. Senate Majority Leader John Thune addressed those wished-for reforms, saying Democrats have "been demanding changes in immigration enforcement policies. Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters later he thinks 'that ship has sailed, and they kind of kissed that opportunity goodbye by ... failing to provide funding for those agencies.'" This isn't a matter of Democrats not getting everything they want. It's a matter of them not getting anything they demanded.

Ed is right on this:

Senate Democrats left the Department of Homeland Security without funding in a time of war. They insisted that this would save America from the real threat to their security ... ICE agents and the Border Patrol. Chuck Schumer refused to fund anything without imposing a set of radical reforms that would all but derail immigration enforcement, especially the requirement for judicial warrants to detain illegal aliens, which have never been required in the past.
Democrats aren't decent negotiators. That's a recipe for disaster when they're negotiating against the world's best negotiator. John Thune blisters Democrats:

At this point, I'm tired of Democrats playing partisan games. It's time to put statesmanship ahead of partisanship.

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