[92nina]

Seems the Democrats probably hope that Clinton steps out of retirement to be their stage master in the case of a shutdown.

Take this article and others I found to the fight to the Libs on their own turf; put the Left on the defensive at at Digg and at Reddit and in Delicious and Stumbleupon

[paguch]

Where is Obama? Has he quit coming to work?

[Ev Reeman]

Fill the bill with massive spending cuts and then let the dems veto it, resulting in a government shutdown.

If they do not support the spending cuts, this can be used against them in the 2012 campaign along with the passage of Obamacare.

Hoist them on their own petard.

[4rcane]

the dem is more afraid of a shut down than the gop base, because their entire existance is dependant on using tax dollars to fund their pet cause