The Republican'ts fail to understand the RATs are waging a civil war against American values, against the Constitution (what is left of it, if anything), against the principles of our founding from our Founding Fathers, et al.
The Republican'ts keep talking like this is "just politics" but it is WAR. It is astounding that the spineless Republican'ts do not even know that war is being waged within this nation.
The two most dangerous words we have in our nation are "compromise" and "bipartisanship".
Where the Republican'ts made one of the biggest blunders of all time was when the caved-in on the filibuster issue, in great part due to a "threat" by the RATs to shut down the government. If the Republican'ts let the RATs shut down the government, even the clueless (that make up the majority of the people in this nation) would have pointed the finger at the RATs eventually for causing the Senate business to be shut down.
This is why the Republican'ts snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. This was one of the greatest blunders in history.
They might as well shut the government down, they're not accomplishing anything anyway.