I have been saying that the American public’s stupidity is a serious problem. Most of them are gonna at the very least hold the GOP more responsible than Obama’s administration in initially causing the shutdown.
I think the GOP can show the American public that everything they have believed about the shutdown was wrong, but they are going to have to show conviction and capable leadership above and beyond what they have shown in ages. As Dr. Thomas Sowell has said, Democrats could sell Eskimos a freezer before the Republicans could sell them blankets. When you couple that with their tendency to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, it does become a liability in times like these.
All I am saying is do not dismiss the difficulties this is going to pose for the conservative leadership and conservatives at the grassroots level. It has already cost us severely before.