IU's overall SOS is lower than aggy but they have better wins. IMHO IU has a stronger case for #1 over Ohio State than aggy does for #2 over IU.
That said, aggy might have an argument that they should be ranked ahead of Ohio State - their resume' is certainly better. Ohio State's win over us is doing all of the heavy lifting for them right now (that and being undefeated defending champs.)
I agree actual pain is what will make people learn (well, not MAGA because they are brainwashed beyond hope thanks to the conservative media sphere.)
Democrats basically said "ok GOP you win! everyone enjoy your higher medical premiums. see you in January."
This is a case of over-promising and then under-delivering.
Democrats needed to realize that extending the ACA subsidies was never going to happen. But they pushed that narrative anyway as if it was achievable. This fired up the base thinking that they could hold the line indefinitely. This was a miscalculation as the GOP doesn't give two shits that people's insurance premiums are about to skyrocket and were willing to hold out indefinitely in order to appease Trump and their misinformed base. So this was never going to happen - at least right now.
The irony is that this might get us Medicare for All sooner rather than later.
Some of you are under the illusion that the GOP wanted to open the government. They were just fine letting Trump do his thing without the inconvenience of a legislature.
This is a good explanation of the bigger picture.
IMHO Mike Johnson didn't want to bring the House back before the special election that will be held in December in Tennessee (which will give the GOP enough votes to stop the discharge petition on the Epstein files).
Now he has to bring everyone back before he was ready, and also there's no guarantee that he can get his caucus to support the Senate version of the bill. Importantly, there isn't a filibuster in the House so if things go to shit (they will) then it's all on the GOP at that point.
That said, the optics of this are bad and Schumer deserves a lot of heat for it. Make no mistake - he was driving this and the caucus agreed who would be the 8 to cross over and take the heat.