I think Boehner is doing ok. Shutting down the government plays well here as well as the communist blogs, but to the unaffiliated, low-information voter, the optics of a government shut down make it seem like typical Washington and unplugs them from the debate even further. We need to be seen as the party out to fix things, even if it’s one small step at a time. If we keep reducing deficits by any measure, Americans will continue to send us more and more troops on election day.
We also have to understand that the media stands behind the Dims 100%. Even our local news was acting like people were going to be starving.
I think it could have worked in the favor of Republicans until O said he wouldn’t pay the troops.
Yeh lets wait and see what happens with the debt ceiling and the 2012 budget. If they screw that up then we can be righteously ticked off.