The gamble is that the news media will blast away from now until Sunday morning...with the Republicans in great fear by Sunday afternoon. Polls will say terrible things, and the Republicans will cave in by next Monday morning. At a minimum, it’s a continuing resolution deal, which means they gave up.
Well....here’s the sad truth. After crossing dozens of burning bridges, noting each was burning at the time....with this administration, the news media has conditioned us to expect little to nothing from each burning bridge. Sequestration wasn’t a big deal. Benghazi wasn’t a big deal. On and on.
By next Sunday evening....the Administration and the news media will stand there in shock....the majority of the public doesn’t really care about this burning bridge. They aren’t going to bring out the fire truck, block off traffic, or show up to watch the bridge burn to the ground.
Around Tuesday of next week....some Democratic Senators will be shaky over what has transpired and viewing their 2014 election races. They watched a fair number of their associates in the house and senate go in 2010 and 2012. By the end of next week....they won’t stand with Reid and this strategy anymore.
Sadly, if the news media hadn’t played all those burning bridge themes over the past four years....this would amount to something. But after dozens of these...we just aren’t very fearful of burning bridges anymore.
Anybody else get the impression that the media is blaming the Republicans 100% for this? I swear the media is so in the tank for Obama and Democrats. The media is covering this story in a manner in which they make sure to assess blame, rather than any “balanced” approach as to how we got in this situation, and how it can get resolved.
Remember, this is all a dress rehearsal for the debt ceiling debate coming later in October.
IN other words, government ? the American people just does not give a crap ( that’s horse dukie for your educational purposes ) about the government and what the media says.
Initially I thought you might be right. But I doubt it makes it more than 2 full days before the floor caves in.