I’m curious to hear what you think of this. I don’t think the country’s prepared for a full on government shutdown over Obamacare. Or a full on government shutdown over anything for that matter. I don’t mean the country won’t be able to handle it. I mean, I don’t think anyone is expecting it. The country thinks this stuff ended back in 2011 and 2012 and doesn’t have any real idea we might be about to take another ride on this roller-coaster. And yet, as Sahil Kapur reported this evening, John Boehner and the House leadership seem poised to hoist up the white flag and turn the whole thing over to Ted Cruz and the Tea Party who claim at least that they believe the country will rally around them if they shut down the government in a vain effort to repeal Obamacare.
What do you think? Send me your thoughts?
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This is the best friend from Fort Worth who said Alexis was a great guy. But only a couple months ago he’d kicked him out and called the police of Alexis alleged tampering with the fuel tank of his car.
I’ve been hearing for a while from Republican friends that I’m going to be surprised when we find out it’s not going to be a cakewalk for de Blasio when it comes to the general election against Joe Lhota. But I’m not feeling surprised. The new WSJ/NBC Marist poll puts de Blasio up by a mere 43% margin. Read More
Boehner readies to give in to Ted Cruz, plans government shutdown over Obamacare.
Behind the mystery of the Navy Yard massacre AR-15 that never was.
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Fox News talking heads aren’t sure what’s to blame for the Navy Yard shooting, but they’re pretty confident it’s not guns.
The Senate Conservatives Fund is planning to start doing in the House what it has already done in the Senate: knock out insufficiently conservative Republican incumbents — but without re-creating the disasters that were Todd Akin and Christine O’Donnell.
Frustrated birther leader calls for Egypt-like popular insurrection/coup against Obama because the courts won’t remove him and the Republicans are in the tank.