[Oldeconomybuyer]

There is either firm opposition to Obama's tyranny or it's game over for America as we know it. STOP OBAMA. Shut this [blanker] down.

[Paladin2]

Threaten?

Just do it until Jan 20.

[SierraWasp]

Be very wary of any advice from anyone appearing in the LA Slimes!!!

[grania]

the electorate has a short memory

Just the opposite. The "public" response was all rigged media hype planned to blame Republicans for Obama's actions. What the public remembers is:

Not being able to go to national parks and monuments, even over Columbus Day Weekend, even though it probably cost more money to keep them closed.

Veterans being removed from their own monuments

Some very skillful moments in Ted Cruz's magnificent 21 hours.

How bad things are with ObamaCare and just about everything else Obama has touched.

I would argue that the shutdown is a factor in the Republican landslide. The conclusion to be learned should be "do it again" if that's what it takes to stop the administration's destruction of the US.

[capydick]

As much as the public soured on Republicans after the "defund Obamacare" fiasco, the ill will seemed to have evaporated by election day.

The ill will was only experienced by the media and the Democrats (apologies for repeating myself), I would say the Republicans (led by Ted Cruz) were rewarded on election day for standing up to big government and Obamacare!

[odawg]

It is NOT the Republicans who will shut down the government, it will be Obama trying to force his will on the people’s elected representatives. If it happens, notice how Republican leaders will neglect to point this out. They will assume a protective fetal position, rather than come out fighting like lions. Republicans have a habit of allowing the democrats to hem them in with lying democrat spin. They never step outside the democrat box, never tell the democrats to go to hell.

[GeronL]

It is Obama who would be shutting down the government

[ActresponsiblyinVA]

Can anyone name one Representative or Senator who was NOT elected because of the previous shutdown? I think the Republicans received votes because they finally had the courage to stand up to Obama and they should do it again.

[Impy]

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[Will88]

This is how perverted and dishonest the political dialogue has become. If the House produces a budget CR that Obama doesn’t want, then the House has shut the government down.

No! The House and Senate (or Obama) has simply not agreed upon a budget CR. If Obama refuses to even negotiate (as he did), then Obama has shut down the government. And if a CR contains only cuts in the DHS, then it’s even more on Obama to negotitate.

But the shills in the MSM now report anything that doesn’t give Obama exactly what he wants as the Republicans shutting down the government.