[peyton randolph]

“Being seen as responsible for the 2013 shutdown is, if anything, probably an asset in the GOP’s conservative mini-primary...”

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Bingo. The writer goes out of his way to trash Cruz for the shutdown while ignoring that in the real world the government shutdown was a good thing that should have lasted a lot longer (except for the gutless wonders of the GOPe).

[Finny]

Refresh my memory ... was that the government shutdown that prompted Federal Parks to close, when they tried to block-off national monuments to WWII vets? That shutdown?

Correct me if I'm wrong?