CNN ’s chief data analyst, Harry Enten, on Tuesday noted how the ongoing government shutdown doesn’t actually appear to be harming Republicans politically. Instead, it’s boosting their brand, he suggested. “News Central” anchor John Berman had proposed that a shutdown may come to an end “if parties start to feel that it is hurting them.” Enten acknowledged how “you might think, given that the Republicans are in charge of both the House and the Senate, that a government shutdown might actually