In an interview that took place a week before the border-security deal deadline, Nancy Pelosi said, in her quietest, most dismissive, most matter-of-fact voice, “There will not be another shutdown. It’s not going to happen.”
Some of my favorite Kossaks remained anxious, and I guess they could still be right, but when a legislative poker player like Pelosi is that sure of a bluff, my money’s on her. It’s been nice having one less thing to make me nervous.
(It’s why I loved watching Michele Kwan skate— you could relax & enjoy her routines, because you knew she wasn’t going fall on her ass.)