[Stosh]

The House passed a budget that would help bring down the deficit; without action by the Senate, the House is left with two choices:

a) pass a continuing resolution

b) let the government shutdown.

The latter option sound nice, but the blame for whatever problems result from a government shutdown are assessed by the media as follows:

i) if it’s a Republican President, any government shutdown fiasco is the fault of the President

ii) if it’s a Republican legislature, any government shutdown fiasco is the fault of the legislature.

A government shutdown threat is a game of chicken, and the media will tilt the playing field so that Obama looks like the savior and the House GOP looks like Scrooge.

Like it or not, the best strategy is push on to November, keep the House, take the Senate, dump Obama, and put grownups in charge.

[cableguymn]

and put grownups in charge

---

Like Romney, McConnell and Boehner?

Please....

If the Pubs are going to wait around till they control things.. lets look at Bush... Ya... That worked well.. Seems they had control of everything. Did anything happen? well... no. Lower taxes yes.. Lower spending? No.

I’ve given up on both parties. They are blending in to one. I will support those that have EARNED my support. The rest. They are the problem.

[TomasUSMC]

If we had Shut it Down in this last debt ceiling fight, we would be much better off. The Republicans who didn’t have the spine to make the tough decisions when they had the opportunity to, will be sitting in the same seats next year. They will continue to spend.

Nobody is talking about balancing the budget anytime soon. Why? All the talk about is some percentage of the GDP to be allowed as deficits. Hoocuspocus.

Prepare.

[HarleyD]

If the Republicans refused to raised the debt ceiling the debt problem would take care of itself in spite of all the name calling by the Democrats. We would wake up tomorrow and the sun will still rise.

[trebb]

The House passed a budget that would help bring down the deficit; without action by the Senate, the House is left with two choices: a) pass a continuing resolution b) let the government shutdown. The latter option sound nice, but the blame for whatever problems result from a government shutdown are assessed by the media as follows:

Yep - letting it shut down now insures another Obama term. If we get the Senate in Nov, they might be able to actually get something through that makes sense. Yet, many here will....(take your choice of who they'll blame/cut down/castgate).