what eye thynk: Once again, we are facing a government shutdown because House Republicans refuse to acknowledge that anyone should be in charge but them. They refuse to even meet with Senate Democrats to work out a compromise budget, in essence saying pass our budget "as is" or we will shut down the country. They refuse to accept that the ACA is the law of the land; and, with time running out, instead of looking for ways to avoid a spending crisis, they will be spending precious time taking a 42nd vote to defund the law--fooling themselves into believing that THIS time the Senate and the President will acquiesce in order to keep the country running.
Congressional Republicans have been without strong leadership since John Boehner (R-Ohio) was elected Speaker of the House five years ago, and the situation further deteriorated after the last mid-term elections when moderate Republicans were forced out of office by fantasy promising, far right Tea Party candidates. Mr. Boehner has absolutely no idea how to corral his splintering party, and so children like Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) continue to run amok like a political version of Lord of the Flies.
Even The Wall Street Journal has had enough of Republican theatrics, comparing their brand of non-governing to WWII Kamikaze pilots. The Republican goal seems to be to damage the country with their antics, and they may very well succeed; but, in the end, they're going to kill off their own party.
As U.S. Representative Charlie Dent (R-Pennsylvania) said this week, "It's important that Republicans stop pretending that McConnell is the Senate Majority Leader and Mitt Romney is President."
If only it were that easy.
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