We cannot let the media frame the issue this way.
The strategy being followed seems fine to me -- write a spending bill which funds the government, and defunds amnesty. Pass it. Give it to Obama. Say:
"We Republicans desperately want to fund the government! We have provided funding! Please! Please! Sign this bill Mr. President s that the government stays open and provides all the services that American citizens are expecting!"
Then if there is a problem, and government shuts down, all we can do is shrug and say, "He'll sign it eventually."
You’re not thinking extreme enough: only fund the portions that are explicitly authorized by the Constitution — use *that* as your starting-point.
I think you’re on to something. It needs to be painted as Obama wanting amnesty so badly that he’s willing to deny free stuff and government services to Americans if he can’t get it. That might even get the attention of the LIVs and EBT crowd....
Or maybe he won't. He would be happy to see the country burn, so the GOP needs to think this through to the bloody end and what they might have to do to save the country from the tyrant.
DING DING DING!! WINNER WINNER!!
Excellent!