He can delay one day and have the Obama arranged default blamed on him and Republicans, as well as the GOP surrender, or he can have just the GOP surrender. Not really a great set of choices.
After the shutdown, you will find any inconvenience,
any disruption, any pain, laid by the media at the
feet of the Tea Party republicans. There will be
NO acclamations of “Bipartisanship”, no reaching
across the aisle, it’s not the way the socialists
work, no credit will be given at all to the opposition,
only blame. If anyone thinks this was rough and tumble
wait till you see what they do about immigration...