GOP braces for shutdown fallout
Source: Politico
House and Senate Republicans are still spooked by the ghosts of shutdown past, with many fearing a brutal political fallout that could threaten their party in the run-up to the 2014 midterms.
Despite a firm belief that the public is on their side in opposition to Obamacare, there is palpable fear among Republicans on Capitol Hill that they will not be rewarded for taking such a tough stand against the law, which helped lead to the first government shutdown in 17 years early Tuesday. And there is even deeper concern that President Barack Obama won’t give any ground in the battle over his signature legislative achievement and House Speaker John Boehner will eventually capitulate, leaving Republicans with little to show for after a raging political fight.
In interviews on Monday, many congressional Republicans argued that their best hope is that the shutdown will be short, the GOP can secure at least one concession from Obama and that voters will forget about the budget debacle by next November, instead applauding them for fighting a health care law they see as completely unworkable.
But even that may be a stretch, a number of Republicans concede.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/gop-braces-for-shutdown-fallout-97611.html
Gee, who could have seen THAT coming?
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POTUS throws them a lifeline out of the craphole they've created, but that doesn't seem to be forthcoming. Personally, I hope they leave 'em twisting in the wind, a battered and bloodied mess. 
They'll make some noise, but I don't think they'll go as far out on that limb when the debt ceiling comes up.
