Shut down the gummint, as some Repubs threaten, wanting to defund the coming trainwreck, otherwise known as ObamaCare? Perish the thought!
Oh? What about this? In 1995, when Repubs did that, what happened?
The House Republicans lost only nine seats. Nine. In fact, nationally, the House GOP got 47.8% of the popular vote to the Democrats only getting 48.1%. In fact, the House GOP outperformed Bob Dole who only got 40% of the vote. The total loss wound up being a net of eight as the GOP picked up one Democrat seat. At the time, Gingrich credited the hard line the GOP took as helping the GOP hold their own.
The Senate Republicans actually gained seats. Two.
I would argue that these losses had much more to do more than a year removed from the government shutdown with Bob Doles anemic, struggling campaign and national infrastructure, than with the government shut down. Likewise, the nine who lost were the most vulnerable House Republicans.
In other words, Erick of RedState argues, all that does not glitter may actually be a good idea.
Blithe Spirit 
1995 was almost 20 years ago and peothe population was far more ocnservative — we hadn’t been flooded with legal and illegal immigrants from third-world pest-holes, most fwhom are on some form of gov’t aid. Now we have half the population getting gov’t assistance (none of which would be affected, but the MSM won’t say that). I think we’ve gone past the point of no return in our country. When a soft Republican like Romney can’t get elected over an incompetent, half-black boob, something is terribly wrong.
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