“Thanks for the Loser Lecture. The demands are now going to escalate and people like you will still be chattering about fights that cant be won.”
One of the surest ways to lose is to adopt strategies (like shutting down the government) that are doomed to fail. That strategy fails since it requires the votes of 13 democrats to win a victory.
Getting to a 2/3 majority is not necessary.
Sen. DeMint summarizes the lack of leadership here:
Will the GOP majority ever stand for anything?
You operate from the assumption that leaving 10% of non-essential bureacrats in DHS at home is a bad thing.
The rest of us hope they go out and find productive work.