As before the shutdown I still see the House Rs giving in eventually rather than Obama and Reid.
Already the Dems are all holding together 100% and are all aggressively repeating the same a set of well controlled points : ‘Terrorists’, ‘hostage takers’, ‘ransom’, "blow up enconomy'.
On the GOP side there already are a few Housr Rs on TV pleading with Bohner to put Reids CR up for a vote, we can assume not many freepers in their house districts. (one is from Northern VA which has lots of GS jobs now shutdown). We can expect more of that as time goes on.
In comparison Rs talking points are not well controlled like Dems are and they seem on the defensive in interviews, example : you dont see Dems promising to give up their salaries like Rs are when challenged by TV hosts.
However, Reid really stepped in it with his comment about not helping children with cancer and now we see the piece of garbage in the white house inviting congressional leaders to talk. I doubt anything gets done, but obviously obama's "I won't negotiate" isn't going over well.
The longer this goes the better it is for the Pubs.
The debt ceiling is right around the corner and I don't see this being resolved before that. At that point the pressure is all on obama. The House has remained in session and has been making all kinds of proposals. The Rats have done nothing. A week from now the Rat base is going to start getting nervous. They have bills to pay and they aren't working.
It's the weak in the knees Pubs that I worry about. The conservatives will hang in there.