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Shutdown: Winning or losing not only option

Maybe Democratic leaders could suggest to President Trump that we call it a “draw,” for the sake of those suffering from the shutdown, and re-open the government for now.

Putting it that way would help Trump save face — and I bet he would leap at the chance to get out of this predicament.

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