Shut it down, and see if anyone notices
I thought we got our butts kicked the last time the government shut down. I believe people noticed.
If the ‘tax-requirement’ was removed....the whole thing would fall apart. Note, it doesn’t require 60 senators to dump the tax-requirement....only 51. I think the Chief Justice did everyone a favor when he noted that the $1,000 was a tax....unlike the description that the President used.
you said”I thought we got our butts kicked the last time the government shut down. I believe people noticed”
We lost 6 seats in the house and gained 2 in the Senate in 1996, This was not a butt kicking in my world.
Mark Levin did a nice job of deconstructing that viewpoint last night on his show. The Republicans only lost out when they lost their will. Again.
http://www.marklevinshow.com/common/page.php?pt=July+25%2C+2013&id=4653&is_corp=0
That's what I thought too, until I heard Mark Levin's show last night. (You can listen to the Thursday night podcast on his web site) He was reading an article by a conservative who had done some research, reading through news accounts of the time.
Apparently, there was more pressure on Dems to cave than Republicans, because the gimme crowd was riding them. He cited accounts in the WAPO and NYT.
And this was in an era when Rush was the only conservative media.
Where we lost was in getting credit for the balanced budget. The media credited Clinton, to no one's surprise.
Anyway, we have to plant a flag somewhere. The Republican Party's 30-year-long strategy of constant retreat has gotten us where we are today. At the very least, any other approach would have to be better.