Many Republicans knew this was going to be a disaster going in. But just as many totally misread Obama. Just days before the shutdown numerous high profile Republicans insisted there was no way Obama wouldn’t negotiate. That was a significant error. Because probably the key driver of this drama has been President Obama’s refusal to negotiate over raising the debt ceiling.
It’s not official yet, but all the indications coming from official channels are that Speaker Boehner will bring to a vote a bill that more or less cleanly raises the debt limit and ends the government shutdown. By doing so, Boehner will finally free so-called Republican moderates to join with Democrats in doing what they’ve wanted to do all along. Sahil Kapur has all the latest here.
