Ben Domenech on the Gov’t Shutdown: Republicans Don’t Think That They’ll Be ‘Penalized’ by Their Constituents for Holding the Line

TURNER: “I want to switch gears here because we are now three days into the shutdown with no real end in sight, especially after this afternoon’s series of votes. Ben, take a look at this from NBC News. Government shutdown delays key monthly jobs report at a pivotal moment for the U.S. economy. Like many other federal offices, the Bureau of Labor Statistics temporarily closed because of the ongoing shutdown. Now the Fed could be forced to make another decision on rates this month without the benefit of key federal data. I mean, this is all — sounds not great, but it has real-world impact far or beyond that for Americans’ wallets.”

DOMENECH: “It does, but I also think that this is a situation that is going to find some pretty speedy resolution.”

TURNER: “The shutdown?”

DOMENECH: “You have a situation where by the 15th, everyone knows the dynamic here, that once you start getting up to the point where paychecks are going out to people who are the most sympathetic, that there is going to be a need to come to the table. And I think that you already saw some movement on the part of some senators that is toward trying to find something here. But, you know, the decision by the House, I think, and by Speaker Mike Johnson has been, you know, we are not coming back. And I don’t think they feel like they are going to be penalized in any way by their constituents for holding the line on this. In fact, I think they believe that the Democrats have not been able to connect in the kind of messaging that they had hoped for on the health care front, that they have an easy response for it when it comes to the illegal immigration issue, which they are comfortable fighting on. And, you know, I think that this ultimately could end up being something where Democrats view this as unsatisfying in terms of the outcome of whatever we actually can see at the end.”