A CR fight would’ve at least been a fight,

But it would have been a fight that not only loses, but plays into Trump's agenda.

Remember that Trump is doing his best to cut out all sorts of pieces of the federal government. With a shutdown, even more parts of government shut down. And there's the possibility that the House GOP just doesn't bother to bring any bill forward to reopen government for quite a while. Because exactly what they want is happening with the shutdown.

I hate that it came down to supporting a CR and not fighting right then and there. But that was not the right time and place for a fight. You've got to pick fights you have a good chance of winning, not a fight that you're going to lose.

The other problem is that Schumer's messaging on this was abysmal. Kind of a broad problem across much of the Democratic party, save for the most progressive - like Sanders and AOC.

--Peter