{"id":11274,"date":"2013-10-02T00:47:16","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T07:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=11274"},"modified":"2013-10-02T00:47:17","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T07:47:17","slug":"the-republican-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/02\/the-republican-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"The Republican Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

That\u2019s right.  It\u2019s the Republican Shutdown.  There is not one iota of shared responsibility.  Republicans based their entire 2008 campaign on repealing ObamaCare.  Little Lord Willard got clobbered.  Republicans lost seats in the Senate.  Republicans lost the popular vote for the House, and retained the majority, only because they stacked the deck after 2010 with extreme Gerrymandering.  They challenged ObamaCare in the courts and lost.  On the other hand, Democrats made concession after concession.  The clean continuing resolution from the Senate even has the Republican funding levels.  The Republican Party refused to take YES for an answer.  At this point Democrats could not be more correct to dig in their heels and say, \u201cNO MORE!\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

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One of the eye-opening hallmarks of this latest Obamacare\/government shutdown battle has been the steely resolve of the Democrats in both chambers. Admit it, you’re as surprised about it as I am. There hasn’t been a hint of a waver. <\/p>\n

Sure, a handful of Blue Dogs have voted with Republicans in the House, but that’s not as much of a problem, since after 2010 there are only a handful of Blue Dogs left. They are pretty irrelevant. The part of the party that matters has been steadier than I’ve ever seen it in my 11 years of running this joint. It threatens to bring tears to my eyes.<\/p>\n

Thus, we have the rare spectacle of a convulsing Republican Party, united in its votes, but tearing<\/a> itself<\/a> apart<\/a> behind<\/a> closed<\/a> doors<\/a> and in the media.<\/p>\n

And it’s more than standing still. They’re going on the offense. For example, it looks like Senate Democrats leaked<\/a> these private emails<\/a> from House Speaker John Bohner’s staff. Hardball tactics? Damn right.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here are three videos that encapsulate the lead up and earliest stages of the Republican Shutdown.<\/font><\/p>\n

Rachel Maddow explained that Republicans have wanted to shut down the government since before they took the US House.<\/font><\/p>\n

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In history’s clear light there can be no denying that this is the Republican Shutdown. Republicans planned it even before Agent Orange, aka the Two Inch Boehner,  got his big phallic substitute. "Elect Republicans and they will burn the place down.", says Rachel!<\/font><\/p>\n

Chris Hayes explored one Democrat’s frustration and anger over the Republican Shutdown.<\/font><\/p>\n

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All Boehner had to do was to put a clean CR on the floor. He chose to shut it down, because he is too big a coward to stand up to TEAbuggery!<\/font><\/p>\n

Krystal Ball explained why the House vote to conference is a joke, and talks about effects.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Patty Murray (D-WA) moved to appoint budget conferees eighteen times since April. Republicans filibustered.  House Democrats have submitted a bill over and over again to appoint conferees.  Boehner refused to bring it to the floor.  Republicans only want to conference now, because they’re holding a gun on the American people, but even the extreme right National Review propagandist admitted that a clean CR would pass the House.<\/font><\/p>\n

That\u2019s why this is the Republican Shutdown.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That\u2019s right.  It\u2019s the Republican Shutdown.  There is not one iota of shared responsibility.  Republicans based their entire 2008 campaign on repealing ObamaCare.  Little Lord Willard got clobbered.  Republicans lost seats in the Senate.  Republicans lost the popular vote for the House, and retained the majority, only because they stacked the deck after 2010 with […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}