The conventional “wisdom” that the RATS and pubs like Charen are is wrong. They predicted the same with the sequester. Outside of DC, people don’t care if 95% if the EPA is furloughed. The longer this goes on, the more people will realize just how “nonessential” much of government is.
Moreover, unlike 1995 there is a conservative media. The leftstream hacks no longer control the message. Stunts like barry-cading the WWII memorial are backfiring.
Um, when you stack all five TV/cable networks, almost every newspaper in the nation, and 50% of the blogosphere, against just the conservative blogs, I think it's safe to say the Left still controls the message.