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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill a Government Shutdown Chill Congressional Republicans Out? No
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/09/will-a-government-shutdown-chill-congressional-republicans-out-no/280091/A government shutdown was looking inevitable Friday: The Senate passed a resolution to fund the government through mid-November without stripping funding from Obamacare, a proposition House Republicans find unacceptable. The House plans to meet through the weekend, but it's hard to see how this gets resolved.
But hey, maybe it's for the best! That's the argument made by a rash of commentators, who argue that a government shutdown might actually be a good thing.
Todd Purdum in Politico: "Maybe it's time for the House Republicans to stop threatening and 'Just do it.'" Joshua Green in the Boston Globe: "Im rooting for a shutdown and you should be too at this point, its the safest way to jolt Washington back to its senses." Matt Yglesias in Slate: "A little government shutdown isnt the worst thing in the world, and its much better to have this fight now rather than entertain months of herky-jerky crisis." Noam Scheiber in The New Republic: "If Boehner resigns himself to a shutdown ... suddenly the future looks manageable." Ezra Klein in the Washington Post: "It looks like we may have a shutdown after all. And that may be a good thing." Republican lobbyist John Feehery: "Maybe its time to ... lance the boil and to shut down the government for a while."
The basic argument all these writers make is the same: A shutdown, while unpleasant, would be less unpleasant than the default that would likely ensue if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling by mid-October. Why would shutting down the government make a default less likely? The idea seems to be that once House Republicans realize how badly the public is reacting to the chaos they've caused, they'll see the error of their ways, dispense with the theatrics, and start acting sane.
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Will a Government Shutdown Chill Congressional Republicans Out? No (Original Post)
xchrom
Sep 2013
OP
Let it shut down and hold the republican asshole contingency responsible. Enough
RKP5637
Sep 2013
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GeorgeGist
(25,311 posts)1. If the President shuts down Reagan National. ...
They'll be back to work yesterday.
RKP5637
(67,087 posts)2. Let it shut down and hold the republican asshole contingency responsible. Enough
with compromise, that is seen as a weakness. And full speed ahead with the ACA. Anything less than that is defeat.