The spending battle on Capitol Hill is the ground for Democrats to fight on

There is much going on in our great republic, very little of it good. Political violence runs rampant and authoritarian rule is on the rise.

But national public opinion polls continue to demonstrate that the sad state of the economy is still President Trump's Achilles heel. Congressional Democrats have ably addressed this economic imperative in their fight over federal spending and the possibility of a federal government shutdown.

Congressional Democrats have wis...