Just shut down the U.S Government already!

[outlawauron]

Mr Khan said:

Ssenkahdavic said:
The blame game here is incredible. One side refuses to even THINK about a compromise (the president) and the other says they want one and everyone knows they dont (the house). Its crazy.

If only the government shutdown actually affected the people who are going to do it...Id be 100% for it. Right now, I just want the government to feel some pain and get the fuck over themselves.

That's one Obama refuses to compromise. He knows the responsibility for this (and the blame) will fall squarely on Republicans in the house. Meanwhile, Republicans with their badly gerrymandered districts feel that they are invulnerable from any challenge from the Left, which is why they're willing to kowtow to the fringe Right and not worry that the majority of moderates do not want a government shutdown, because rationally a Tea Party primary challenger is the only threat most sitting Republican Representatives have to worry about.

 

One thing is sure: if this mess goes on for too much longer, there won't be a Republican in a contested district that lives through 2014, short of individual mistakes by the individual Democratic challengers (like an Anthony Weiner-esque thing)

Well, that's one prespective I haven't heard.