[conservatism_IS_compassion]

So the keystone of your strategy is a government shutdown?

The keystone of Obama’s strategy is a government shutdown. And as president, he cannot be prevented from doing it, by any Congress which refuses to be a rubber stamp.

That’s life in the big city.

[rollo tomasi]

No he wants Boehner's omnibus bill.

A shutdown would cause all kinds of havoc for Obama to deal with from a pissed off electorate who just handed democrats their Congressional walking papers, despite the best efforts of the press to lay blame. Boehner can sit back and smile through the lame-duck session, but hey, kick the can, taxpayers can handle the interests and unintentional consequences.

[DugwayDuke]

“The keystone of Obama’s strategy is a government shutdown. And as president, he cannot be prevented from doing it, by any Congress which refuses to be a rubber stamp.”

Your right. Obama is the matador and a government shutdown is his cape. Now why should the Republicans play the part of the bull? We all know how the bull fight ends, don’t we?