If you think we’ve been here before, you’re right. The Freedom Caucus is making extreme demands, and Kevin McCarthy can’t control them. He’ll either have to make another deal with the Democrats, and thus put his job at risk, or preside over a government shutdown. Should we be worried?
This isn’t the debt ceiling chicken game, because: a shutdown won’t have anything like the impact of a debt default; we’ve been here lots of times before; the Republicans will be blamed for it; and there is no chance that Trump will be the ultimate beneficiary. This is a nuisance, not a crisis.