Here's what I see.
Tea Party says they plan to shut down government if Obamacare isn't defunded.
“We felt very strongly at the start of this year that the House needed to use the power of the purse,” said one coalition member, Michael A. Needham, who runs Heritage Action for America, the political arm of the Heritage Foundation. “At least at Heritage Action, we felt very strongly from the start that this was a fight that we were going to pick.”
-New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/us/a- ... wanted=all
Obamacare isn't defunded.
Republicans shut down government
“This is exactly what the public wants,” Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, founder of the House Tea Party Caucus, said on the eve of the shutdown.)
-New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/us/a- ... wanted=all
“We’re very excited,” said Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.). “It’s exactly what we wanted, and we got it.”
-Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ ... story.html
After Republican Party is plummeting in polls, even Fox News polls, Republicans claim Democrats shut down government.
What.
“You can re-litigate these policy issues in a political forum, but we shouldn’t use threats of causing the U.S. to fail on its obligations to repay its debt as a cudgel.”Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs. Part of the Chamber of Commerce.
-Washington Post
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013 ... -s-chamber
When Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., was asked if he had heard business groups express fears of a government shutdown’s economic impact, he replied: “No. And it wouldn’t make any difference if I did.”
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013 ... -s-chamber
-Washington Post
When the Koch brothers distance themselves from the Tea Party(by delivering letters to members of the Senate saying they didn't encourage the shutdown),
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Secti ... 100913.pdf
and the Chamber of Commerce is planning to run anti-Tea Party candidates, I mean, "protecting friendly conservative lawmakers from challengers"
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013 ... -s-chamber
I don't think the Democrats are the problem.
Tea Party says they plan to shut down government if Obamacare isn't defunded.
“We felt very strongly at the start of this year that the House needed to use the power of the purse,” said one coalition member, Michael A. Needham, who runs Heritage Action for America, the political arm of the Heritage Foundation. “At least at Heritage Action, we felt very strongly from the start that this was a fight that we were going to pick.”
-New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/us/a- ... wanted=all
Obamacare isn't defunded.
Republicans shut down government
“This is exactly what the public wants,” Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, founder of the House Tea Party Caucus, said on the eve of the shutdown.)
-New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/us/a- ... wanted=all
“We’re very excited,” said Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.). “It’s exactly what we wanted, and we got it.”
-Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ ... story.html
After Republican Party is plummeting in polls, even Fox News polls, Republicans claim Democrats shut down government.
What.
“You can re-litigate these policy issues in a political forum, but we shouldn’t use threats of causing the U.S. to fail on its obligations to repay its debt as a cudgel.”Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs. Part of the Chamber of Commerce.
-Washington Post
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013 ... -s-chamber
When Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., was asked if he had heard business groups express fears of a government shutdown’s economic impact, he replied: “No. And it wouldn’t make any difference if I did.”
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013 ... -s-chamber
-Washington Post
When the Koch brothers distance themselves from the Tea Party(by delivering letters to members of the Senate saying they didn't encourage the shutdown),
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Secti ... 100913.pdf
and the Chamber of Commerce is planning to run anti-Tea Party candidates, I mean, "protecting friendly conservative lawmakers from challengers"
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013 ... -s-chamber
I don't think the Democrats are the problem.