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Originally posted by: Number51Last shutdown:
Mainstream Republicans: It's not our fault, it's the Democrats, we are not to blame.
Extreme right wing Republicans (tea party): We don't take blame for the shutdown, we take credit for the shutdown. It is what we said we wanted, we got exactly what we wanted. The shutdown is a great victory for the Republican party.
From wiki: "A Gallup poll conducted during the first week of the shutdown found that the percentage of Americans with a favorable opinion of the Republican Party had fallen to the lowest level for either party since Gallup began measuring party favorability in 1992, with only 28% of Americans saying they now had a favorable opinion of the Republican Party, down 10 points from September, before the shutdown. The Democratic Party had a 43% favorable rating"
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It sure showed in the following election also that's for sure.
If the Republicans learned nothing from the last shutdown, maybe the next one will serve as a friendly reminder. The American people do not share tea party values.
