Democrats Should Have Shut Down the Government

I've been working hard getting our NCAA Tournament forecasts ready for Selection Sunday. So I'd barely been paying attention to the drama in the Senate, where Republicans were trying to gather votes for a budget resolution to avert a government shutdown by midnight tonight. The bill passed the House on Tuesday essentially along party lines. However, because this process is subject to a filibuster, it required Democratic votes to pass the Senate - specifically, at least eight votes because the Republican Sen. Rand Paul had also pledged to vote against it. Today, just as I was writing this...