IDK. What about this scenario. Government shuts down. The press, not interested in reporting facts will support the narrative that Obama is a tyrant unwilling to negotiate. Markets fall, services cut. It is proven that facts really don’t matter (see blaming Obama for Katrina) it’s who controls the narrative that matters most. Couple this with deliberate sabotage of the ACA, which several officials have said they have every intention of doing, further cementing the ideal that government can’t do anything right. I see a danger of the tide turning against the democrats. Then again I’ve been on a losing side for so long it’s better for me to be pleasantly surprised than yet again disappointed.