Right now, it’s about public image and the next election. The Republicans come away looking like they were reasonable. The DemocRATs lost this battle- public wise.
The RATs wanted the shut down and Republicans are getting incremental cuts with every week. I know there is a lot of gnashing of teeth by conservatives over Boehner’s tactics but IMHO they are working.
“Right now, it’s about public image and the next election.”
Why is it that everyone forgets ‘96 was a Pub victory (not presidencywise, but come on, that had nothing to do with the shutdown), despite the supposed historical disaster of ‘95?