Who did they blame when it happened under Clinton again?
The press may have whined some about the 1995 shutdown, but the voters didn’t mind too much. The next election Republicans only lost 3 house seats, but they gained 2 senate seats.
A 3 seat loss in the House is a meaningless blip that could have been attributed to anything. The Republicans still maintained control of both chambers of congress.
One big difference then was Clinton was still popular, O’bastard isn’t now.
You are correct though, the media did blame Gingrich.
The point remains, without the Senate you can’t even get a bill to O’bastards desk, Reid blocks everything.