I Just Don't Know

Angus King said that the shutdown wasn't getting the job done.

Tim Kaine said it hurt to sit next to his constiuents in church and hear them say they were unable to feed their families.  

Bernie Sanders said that the Democrats gave in to a bully and accomplished exactly nothing about health care.  

Adelita Grijalva said “A promise for a vote is no guarantee that relief will come, and means little coming from leaders who blocked my swearing in and continue to protect Trump at any cost.”

TBG says the pain is not worth continuing the fight when there is no end in sight and no real hope that anything meaningful will pass both houses.

I feel slighted and disrespected and cancelled.  Standing on street corners, writing postcards, blogging, sending (small) donations - all for what?

I'm glad that furloughed federal workers will be reinstated and that they and the essential workers will receive their back pay.  I'm glad that (the smaller number of ) SNAP recipients will, sometime this month, find money on their debit cards. 

I'm torn between laughing and crying at the thought that any adult - hell, any reasonably aware 6th grader - could believe in a pinky promise from the feckless Republican leadership.

And if the restoration of the ACA subsidies somehow manages to pass the House, who doubts that the malignant narcissist, though often asleep behind the Resolute desk, would wake from a deep sleep to slash a VETO with his sharpie.  That grudge against Obama is never going away.

If there's a good reason I'm missing, please let me know.  If there's a Democrat with a clearly stated rationale for Leader (?) Schumer allowing (orchestrating) this situation I'd love to hear it. 

For now, I just don't know how I feel.