People steady advocating against Democrats don't seem to have a care in the world about achieving a majority

[RockRaven]

1. The circle cannot be squared -- if this vote to end the shutdown is right then

some number of the votes which allowed the shutdown to happen and proceed were wrong, because the nominal thing being saved ultimately was not... and defenders of today's action are saying it could not be, in which case the shutdown is not defensible.

One can only defend today's action by throwing yesterdays' actions under the bus. No matter which way one tries to spin it, this was botched and that botching is worthy of critique.