Then the bleats of "Da Wepubwicans Shut It Down" will fall a little flat, even to the ears of the State Run Media.
You're forgetting your history Laz. The GOP Congress passed two CR budgets extending funding at the previous year's levels - no cuts / no increased - and clinton vetoed both of them; then blamed the GOP for the shutdown and the drive-by media happily parrotted boy clinton's mantra that the republicans shut down the government.
And Gingrich screwed up in a few places.