Democrats in the U.S. Senate apparently are going to commit a form of political suicide if they stick together to oppose a Republican-sponsored continuing budget resolution aimed at keeping the government operating for the next month.

The Demoratic caucus doesn’t like the cuts in the budget, nor the increases in defense spending. They say they want to “send a message” protesting Donald Trump’s plan to overhaul the government.

We’ve had government shutdowns before. They usually have been pitched by Republicans. The longest one occurred during Trump’s first term in office. It didn’t go well for the GOP. Why? Because Americans want to depend on their government to provide service when they need it.

A Democratic-led shutdown won’t go down any more easily than the previous attempts did.

I wish Democrats and Republicans could hammer out a deal to keep the feds’ doors open for business. If the public rebels, Democrats will have no else to blame.