Whoa. Slow down there, Irish.
Let's look at what America got from the 'shutdown'.
We saw that the CINC would spend more money keeping Honor Flight Veterans from accessing an open air memorial than it normally cost to just leave it open.
We saw that he would have people unable to pull over and view or photograph such vistas as the Badlands in South Dakota or Mount Rushmore from the roadside (how much did deploying and gathering those road cones cost?)?
We saw how childish, churlish, and petty this administration is when it did not get it's way, much in the manner of a spoiled brat.
What's more, it was on view for any and all to see.
Intimidation? Hissy fit? You decide, but the recent photos of the 'selfie' and FLOTUS's reactions/expressions indicate further that we are not dealing with adults, here.
I want America to realize what a mistake it made putting the Kenyan (Indonesian?) in charge, I want that screwup to be carved into our national memory so it doesn't happen again (at least not for a long time).
While, not unlike the 17 other shutdowns of the past few decades, the Federal Employees still got paid, little got done (which sometimes is a bonus), etc., and eventually everything spooled back up to whatever passes normally for efficiency with no clear legislative victory, the lack of legislative progress isn't Cruz's fault--at least he tried. He got face time with the press, and did a great job of articulating some of the failures of the Democrat-dominated Senate, and Barry O as well, when the interview didn't end up on the cutting room floor.
I agree. That said with the media in his pocket the repubs were going to get the the blame. And we had no end game. First ot was defund ..than delay....then please let us have the the Vitter amendment...then fold. One ..two...knockoutby Jarrett and Obama.