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Michael Medved was spouting truth this afternoon when he spoke the truth: the Republicans are a minority in the Federal government.

They do not control the Senate, nor the White House. There is no way that the Senate will come up with 67 votes to override an Obama veto that "de-funds" ObamaCare.

None.

First of all, the only "de-funding" they are discussing is discretionary, which is a minuscule slice of the monster that is ObamaCare. It is MANDATORY spending, as it is an Entitlement. It was designed that way - the same as your Social Security and Medicare is an Entitlement driven by MANDATORY spending. And, for all the "Shut Er Down!" crowd, if it happens both sides will protect the very thing in the interim that is causing our fiscal collapse: Entitlements! Those checks will almost certainly keep on rolling in.

Here is what needs to happen before we collapse as a nation: a Simpson-Bowles type approach that includes Entitlement and Tax reform.

ObamaCare cannot be defeated until Republicans win back more Senate seats and the White House.

Period. If you are taking your cue from Sean Hannity on "de-funding" ObamaCare, you are fool.

[Hoodat]

Michael Medved was spouting truth this afternoon . . .

I happen to like Medved, but he is dead wrong on this one. The part he ignores is that it will be the Democrats who are choosing to shut the government down here, not the GOP. And on top of that, it will expose the lie that Obamacare is revenue-neutral. I say go for it. What is the worst that could happen? People could begin to gain respect for Republicans for actually growing a pair and doing what they said they would do three years ago?