Reid ‘less optimistic’ about averting government shutdown

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday he is “less optimistic” about averting a government shutdown one day after a White House meeting failed to lead to a breakthrough in talks.

Reid (D-Nev.) said he is significantly more worried about the prospect of a shutdown than he was Wednesday evening when he and Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) updated reporters on the talks.

Reid blamed a partisan dispute over Planned Parenthood and other hot-button ideological issues.

Wingnuts are willing to pull the trigger over Planned Parenthood. Idiots.