It won't work. The shut down won't stop SS, or medicare. The only group that might get hit that we care about is military personnel.
History is doomed to repeat itself here because the Republican Party doesn't have the message out that a "shutdown" doesn't mean Grandma and Grandpa will go hungry, homeless or die.
We can only hope! We won the last shutdown BIG TIME! The budget was brought under control which is what the battle was all about. Also, with no conservative, or honest media, in the market at the time the Pubs ended up only losing 2 seats in the House.
Still wanna take the bet?
YES!
The Pubs aren't over reaching and the Rats are being set up as the defenders of something the majority of Americans oppose. The Pubs are being "reasonable" and obama has painted himself into a corner with his "no negotiating" with Pubs, yet he is negotiating with Iran, Syria & Russia.
I think on this specific point, one of our perceptions (yours or mine) regarding the American public as opposed to the American Electorate (not always the same thing) is seriously out of whack. For all I know, it's mine.
Your point that Conservatives "won" the last shutdown due to the budget finally being balanced, welfare reform, and government reform isn't lost on me. It is however "lost" in the public relations battle. So I guess it depends on which front we're talking about, yes?
The last government shutdown while a PR disaster for Republicans did in fact achieve the things above. Still, the public blamed the Republican party for the shutdown, thanks to the lying SOB's in the media.
Those same lying SOB's aren't just in the media anymore - they've intermarried/intermingled with those in power in the White House and Congress. The hatchet job they did on the Republican Party during the last shutdown will pale in comparison to what they'll do this time.
If there were a chance in HELL that Obama would do what Clinton did in the mid-90's (remember: Clinton was a political animal and he was concerned about his "legacy") then I'd say you're right.
Problem is: Obama's a TRUE BELIEVER ala Saul Alinsky. There's no chance Obama will back down, and he has the liberal lamestream propaganda machine on his side.
IMO, this isn't going to be just a PR disaster for the Republican's, it's going to be a slaughter NO MATTER WHAT they do at this point. That's because of -- the willing cowhores in the liberal lamestream media. They do Obama's bidding willingly.
Goebbels would be proud. He had to FORCE the German Media to become his propaganda arm -- these "journalists" seem to line up on their knees at Obama's crotch to do the job. It's disgusting.