tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post8951660228881058721..comments2024-02-08T01:44:24.272-05:00Comments on ModeratePoli: Shutdown and its effect on the Senate's futureModeratePolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721945380057992971noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post-12897773965576489432013-08-08T11:57:20.744-04:002013-08-08T11:57:20.744-04:00A shutdown is one thing. Default is another, more ...A shutdown is one thing. Default is another, more serious thing. TPs seem to want both since their worldview (and political benefit) is chaos in government.<br /><br />ESTs work for big business which likes stability and they make a lot of easy money through the government. They hate taxes (like the TPs) since in the simple accounting of business costs are bad.<br /><br />So the TP strategy for reaching its ends runs headlong into the EST strategy of patient opportunism. If Hillary wins in 2016, you can expect a complete implosion of the GOP as neither strategy has worked to serve their constituencies' interests. Both wings claimed victory in 2010; neither admitted defeat in 2012. 2014 looks to be a wash.<br /><br />The question is whether the GOP can cause disruption -- then blame it on the Democrats to an angry public. TPs say yes. ESTs aren't so sure.Dangerousnoreply@blogger.com