I sent my new Representative an email this morning. Three do-or-die issues for me.
1) Amnesty - Hell NO, not even, not ever - no citizenship for criminals
2) Budget - No increase in debt ceiling, no deficit spending. Shut the government the hell down if it comes to it.
3) Guns — NO new laws - no magazine limits, AWBs or universal NICS.
I told him that he doesn’t get re-elected by the media, nor Obama, nor the Democrats. They won’t get him re-elected; I will if he doesn’t violate any of the three items above.
That's just not going to happen. It not only not going to happen, it's silly to think it's even in the realm of possibilities. Even Ron Paul's trillion dollar proposed budget cuts don't balance the budget in one year.
Even if the Tea Party ran the House, they WOULD raise the debt limit and they WOULD deficit spend. If they tried to do what you propose and shut the government down over it, the American people would run them out office and that would be the end of the Tea Party.
The other two things are already bedrock conservative positions which we all agree. No amnesty and no infringement of our 2nd amendment rights.