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My first reaction is to agree with you. But there are some problems here. I’m having a hard time finding fault with his arguments.

1. Never make a threat you won’t enforce. (The gambit will fail, as GOPe wussies will fold).

2. You can do a lot of things when you only hold the House, but governing is not one of them. (Correct, you can’t ram through legislation or write executive orders with only the House in your corner.)

I notice all the attackers of K are attacking him, not the argument. That is telling also. I don’t need to hear about him, I know all about him. I need to hear why his points above are wrong, specifically. Let’s see if I do.

You can do a lot of things when you only hold the House, but governing is not one of them.

The truth of the matter is you hold all the cards if you hold the House. The Dems knew that, and even when Republicans got the Presidency, and even when they got the Senate for a few years in the 80s, everyone knew that the Dems were still in charge of spending. It's why Reagan had to go along with their budgets, and could not get rid of Dept. of Education and Energy. If you control the House, and you have a spine, and are willing to stick to your principles, no one can do anything without your approval. You can bring the government to a grinding halt, and you can withhold money to anyone and everyone, judges, Presidents, states, welfare recipients, islamic enemies in Egypt, everyone. You just have to be able to say NO, and then not care when the Washington Post calls you all kinds of names. We might have 3 or 4 Republicans in DC total who have that kind of gumption. But if the situation were reversed, Dems would do it in a heartbeat, and they do have the gumption, all of them.

I truly am sick of the Republican party. It can't die soon enough.

I agree with you.. If the Government shuts down, and the MSM gets on a roll, the GOP will lose any chance they have in the midterms.. They can’t overcome the wall to wall beating the media will unleash..

If you stop and think of how it will be seen by the low info voters that don’t get the check in their mailbox on time.. Remember there has never been as many takers as there is right now..

Don’t start a fight you know you can’t win unless you have a plan that only losers can take the high ground, unless pity is your goal..

2. You can do a lot of things when you only hold the House, but governing is not one of them.

One thing you can do when you hold the House is control the purse strings. And that is what this is all about.