INTERVIEW — JOSH KRAUSHAAR – political editor for National Journal

• What should President Trump do next in the border funding fight? *The government reopens but the clock is ticking. Lawmakers have until February 15 to devise a bipartisan resolution to their impasse over the president’s demand for a border wall.  Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said on “Face the Nation” that the president would have no problem doing it again. “He is willing to do whatever it takes to secure the border.  He does take this very seriously. This is a serious humanitarian and security crisis.”

• KRAUSHAAR: More NBC/WSJ poll: Pelosi’s negatives shot up during government shutdown more than any pol // now the most unpopular politician tested in the survey.
• DEMS jumping in the race for 2020: Kamala, Bernie, Schultz, Hillary
• KRAUSHAAR: Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf, in intro-ing Harris, says she’s an “Oakland progressive.”  Is being a San Francisco Democrat (or Oakland progressive) a viable brand for a 2020 general election?  Times have certainly changed since 1984…