Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen, both Democrats from New Hampshire — and was backed in the Senate by five other moderates. If that’s the case, the senators who caved on the shutdown deal are sending other moderates into a crucial year of primary elections with one hand tied behind their backs and voters eyeing more progressive candidates. Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen, both Democrats from New Hampshire — and was backed in the Senate by five other moderates. That 1995 shutdown was a political loser for the GOP as President Bill Clinton deftly outplayed Gingrich and used the shutdown to walk to reelection in 1996. Now, that same energy exists in the Democratic Party.
