There are three points to be made about this so-called “shutdown” that will benefit conservatives in the long run, despite what the MSM will say about how Obama “won”:
1. It clearly identifies who (Cruz, Lee, etc.) are against Obamacare and warned of this disaster of a law.
2. It demonstrated that despite the hysteria of Obama, life went on rather unimpeded by the shutdown. We can deal with 17% less government, and most people were not influenced.
3. For all the defeatists out there, what bad happened? Suppose Cruz and Lee didn’t stand up. Right now, we would be talking about amnesty instead of the budget. These two weeks focused like a laser on the budget, showed Obama to be a petty jerk with the monuments, and demonstrated that the world will not end if the government partially shuts down.