Why people voted for the GOP is irrelevant.
Actually it does. If the Pub leadership thinks they won because people think they’re great, and believe the meme that they were elected to work across the isle and get things done, they will continue to be afraid to do anything to stop Obama. What was the first thing Myrtle McConnell said after he won? He took a shutdown off the table. That means unless they give Obama everything he wants in a budget, he can shut the government down and the Pubs will cave.