Posted on 10/11/2013 10:29:09 AM PDT by Drew McKissick
What if they threw a shutdown and nobody noticed?
Despite Obamas best efforts and dire warnings of what would happen if Republicans didnt give him what he wanted, 80% of Americans in the latest AP poll say theyve felt no impact from the shutdown.
The problem Democrats have is that the shutdown only impacts a small part of the budget, since debt payments, Social Security and Medicare are all mandatory spending. Thats why Obama has been reduced to ruining family vacations by ordering the National Park Service to close access to otherwise open-air monuments.
Another problem is that Democrats are becoming the political equivalent of the boy who cried wolf. Remember the sequester hysteria less than a year ago? There was almost as much hype over it as Y2K, and yet were all still here.
So, after all of the dire predictions of political oblivion for Republicans if they didnt cave in, where are we?
A higher percentage of people do say they blame the GOP for the shutdown, but not nearly as many as during the last shutdown in 1995. And the latest generic ballot poll from Rasmussen shows both Republicans and Democrats pulling 40% in terms of who would you vote for if an election were held today.
Not to be lost in the shuffle is the fact that Obamas approval rating in the latest AP poll is down to a record low of 37%, and a majority disapprove of his performance on the budget, (you probably missed that, right?).
So yes, theres blame to go around. No its not apocalyptic. And yes, its also hurting Democrats too especially Obama.
2013 is nothing like 1995. ...
Four little words: “No Surrender, no retreat”.
Leonidas said it at Thermopylae.
William Travis said it at the Alamo.
Chesty Puller said it at the Chosin Reservoir.
Why can’t they say it now?
The Republicans should fight, with all means at their disposal, to derail Obamacare, even if it means default.
Default would be a onetime shock but Obamacare will go on forever. Consider also that the administration has the ability to pay it’s bills, but the Senate refuses to do so.
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