They voted for a budget extension in exchange for a non-binding promise to just keep talking?
Ah, there’s the spineless Democratic Party I know!
I think it’s more of a matter of holding a finger to the wind and changing their position when it doesn’t seem to be popular. Same conclusion.
The New York Times and MSNBC were laying the blame pretty squarely at the Democrats’ feet, though. Maybe that’s an audience demographic they just couldn’t afford to alienate.