From Michael Barone:
…pollster Scott Rasmussen reports that 58 percent of likely voters would rather have a government shutdown until both parties can agree on spending cuts, while only 33 percent would prefer spending at the same levels as last year.
Liberal poll critics may say, correctly, that the question frames the issue the way Republican politicians would like. But that’s the point. Republican politicians today have a much better chance to persuade voters to view issues the way they do than they did in the Clinton-Gingrich days.
All of which explains why Obama and congressional Democrats seem more willing to make concessions than Clinton was…
I don’t particularly like the two-week stop gap passed by the House yesterday. I hope it winds up being part of some grand, rope-a-dope strategy, but my attitude is that the swifter we have a shut down, the better…with the New Media in place, we can show that no one really misses the things which actually would stop in a shutdown. And if we don’t need them at that time, when do we ever really need them, at all? Its just more ammunition for our budget reform fight.
Blogs For Victory 