Meathead
Diamond Member
Yup, if your opponent is weak and unwilling to negotiate you damn well impede. That's politics/life.You can't shut down the country, as you put it, if you haven't won elections.When Obama was elected the Republicans announced their goal. shut down the government, and to that end Republicans have been fairly successful. It seems like this tactic to shut down government if not elected, is not good for the nation. Will it now become a Democratic tactic also? Should we now expect this shut-down-the-government after every election?
Is the answer to this shut-down-the-government to only elect Republicans in the future?
Why can't Republicans just win elections on their own and not shut down the country?
Obama's pretty much fudged up everything he's touched. The sense of shutting down government is pretty sound. If you expect anything else in a lame-duck period, you're going to be disappointed.
So If you win one half of one branch then it's OK to shut down government?
This is not a lame duck period, there has been no election and no one is serving that has not been reelected.
I refer you to the second definition of "lame duck". Obama has been one effectively for at least 4 years.
: an elected official whose time in an office or position will soon end
: a person, company, etc., that is weak or unsuccessful and needs help