This topic has undergone a contentious discussion on a previous FR thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2890902/posts
I’ll repeat my take: stratospheric deficits were baked into the system with the first Pelosi/Reed/Obama budget, and in a stroke of perverse brilliance, the donkeys have set up a system in which the GOP House either a) gets blamed for continued massive deficit spending or b) gets blamed for a government shutdown that is Obama’s only route to reelection (short of reselling his soul to the devil). As long as the dem’s control the Senate, those are the only options.
And there is no lack of conservatives and FReepers willing to get sucked in by this ploy of the donkey party.
However, the topic (IMHO) deserves continued review and comment.