[EternalVigilance]

“You’re not going to stop the funding, but what you will do is shut down the government,” he said.

Here's the thing:

Only Obama can "shut down the government," by refusing to sign appropriation bills.

And only the House can appropriate.

So who's being dishonest?

Or stupid...

[Common Sense 101]

Or gutless?

[11th_VA]

Only Obama can "shut down the government," by refusing to sign appropriation bills.

That's not how the Liberal press is going to spin it - it's a bad idea POLITICALLY to try and shutdown. It will not succeed.

Conservatives have much better ground to fight on (ie Sequestration), use that, not Obamacare - Besides, the House just took a vote to delay implementation, use that.