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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Congressman I was chatting with gave me the "House Gym view" (so to speak) on the Govt Shutdown...
He says the Tea Party members working out next to him really think their strategy is going to succeed...
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)in the House.
Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!
That those words would appear together in a sentence that doesn't end in a punch line,and presumably spoken straight faced,is mega funny to me.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)JHB
(37,160 posts)...and a lot of damage could be done before they are relieved of that delusion.
OmahaBlueDog
(10,000 posts)They feel they have a shot (albeit not a good one) at defunding the ACA. They feel they have a much better shot at getting individual mandate delayed for a year. That's important, because they want to be able to use opposition to individual mandate as a campaign issue in the 2014 midterms.
My problem is that Reid sent them back a bill with the ACA funding left in, and the budget flat. I'd have simply sent back budget balanced to $0 deficit via increased taxes on the upper 10% of earners, tobacco companies, oil companies, and natural gas drillers.
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)They've won virtually every other time, why stop now?
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)Hopefully the Dems could more heavily fund candidates in these districts..
But a lot of harm could be done before then..