[Awgie]

That's correct. This pathological fear of “shutting down the government” has now become the universal excuse for no action.

Democrats forced O’care with just 51 votes. Obama switches sides in the WOT with an “executive agreement,” yet republicans who control congress, are unable to strike a single blow at the reprehensible vile blood stained PP murderers.

WHAT THE HELL DO THESE GUYS STAND FOR!?

[C. Edmund Wright]

This pathological fear of “shutting down the government”

That's what it is too...a pathological fear - an unfounded fear. The shutdown in 95, which still traumatizes Boehner and McConnell - didn't hurt the GOP except in the DC cocktail circuit. The 2013 shut down helped them WIN in 2014. This fear is so irrational. The media has successfully neutered the GOPe.