Reporter's Notebook: Democrats' shutdown gamble reveals party divisions, Schumer's weak spot with the left

It’s often hard to separate the noise from the signal in politics.The noise is that congressional Democrats are fighting President Donald Trump and Republicans over a prospective government shutdown and healthcare spending.The signal is scratchy. But if you turn the squelch knob, you may detect the signal.We won’t know who "wins" or is "blamed" for a government shutdown for weeks. But the government shutdown will likely tell us a great deal about the future of the Democratic Party.REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: TRUMP HOLDS BIPARTISAN MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AS WEDNESDAY SHUTDOWN LOOMSProgress