Chuck, Nancy, Donald and 'The Wall'

1. The upshot of the Nancy, Chuck and Trump show the other day at the White House is that the president is willing to take credit for shutting down the government if he doesn’t get that money.
2. There was a moment in that Trump, Chuck and Nancy meeting about “The Wall” at the White House when I thought Nancy would surely win the day.
3. Watching them yak at each other in the Oval Office, Trump using his reasonable voice and Pelosi at least trying to fight him while Schumer played the wrinkled root vegetable in the back of your crisper, I wondered about Rand Paul.
4. Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi outside the White House on Wednesday, Dec.
5. And afterward, the two Democrats, once and future House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, tried to spin their way out of it.
6. Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi outside the White House on Wednesday, Dec.
7. The Nancy, Chuck and Trump show will continue, although the 36-month sentence handed down to Trump’s fixer lawyer Michael Cohen may at some point in the future derail this fine drama through impeachment.

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