Summary Of Winners And Losers Of Why The Government Shutdown

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The Winners of the Shutdown When the government shuts down, there are winners and losers. The articles “Why the Democrats lost their nerve in the shutdown battle” by Robert Costa (Chicago Tribune) and “Winners and losers of the government shutdown” by Amber Phillips (Washington Post) show how the government can win when shut down. The authors are biased to one side due to their political viewpoints. Costa and Phillips use their biased word choice to show who they think won the government shutdown. In “Why the Democrats lost their nerve in the shutdown battle,” Costa uses his knowledge of the situation to inform the audience as to why the Democrats “lost their nerve”. The Democrats are trying to blame everyone else, but their self and they