The Sound of Republicans Folding

Playbook: “One idea that seems to be picking up steam at the White House and in some quarters on Capitol Hill is creating a commission to study border security and a border wall.”

“Needless to say, this would be Republicans folding… Commissions are useless, for the most part. Washington creating one would be an admission that the administration cannot figure out how to cut a deal with Congress on the president’s central campaign promise. Look no further than the supercommittee, which wasted a lot of people’s time in 2011 trying to come up with a deficit-reduction plan. (Even a mention of the supercommittee is going to send shudders through many Hill and administration aides and reporters.)”

“Imagine the White House trying to convince the base and reporters that it’s worth opening up government so a commission could study whether the U.S. needs a wall..”