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...

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