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New ABC/WaPo Poll: 70% of Americans Disapprove of GOP's Shutdown Games

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EPR-radar10/07/2013 4:17:51 pm PDT

re: #304 Targetpractice

I’ve considered the possibility that they might go for that, but it doesn’t really work. The idea is that the default is the best chance they have at forced a deal to be made. If they give up on the default, then the shutdown becomes a matter of how long they expect to drag out this farce. Even if they truly wanted to engage in this joke about how they’re going to summarily fire 15% of the government, there’s still over a million workers who are not taking home a paycheck due to this shutdown.

The difficulty with forcing the issue on the debt ceiling is that, if the Democrats hold the line, GOP leadership is going to be getting calls that must be answered from the Great Old Ones that would be pissed at having to take action openly to prevent default.

If an indefinite government shutdown would not awaken the Great Old Ones, that might look like a pretty good deal to desperate GOP politicians.