The Republican’s only option has been to shut down the government.
That is nothing more than political suicide, and the leadership knows it.
They have done what they could to slow the Dems march to socialism...they cannot stop it. That is why Obama, and his Dem minions, have to be voted out this year!
The massive increases in spending and the deficit remain the fault of Pelosi, Obama, and Reid. They increased the baseline in 2008, and though the Republicans have stopped anything on the scale of another Porkulus, they are nearly powerless to roll back the day to day spending.
They have tried and been blocked by the Senate in every instance!
BALLS...is doing the right thing and not worrying about one's political career in DC.