Pundits are predicting that republicans will get most of the blame for shutting down the government. They are probably right about that. The main stream media will do everything possible to focus blame on republicans. President Obama will definitely blame republicans and so will Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. Within a very short period of time, most people will understand that republicans are willing to shut down the government to stop ObamaCare.

But the real question is not who wins this battle, but rather who wins this war. Democrats are caught between a rock and a hard place. The problem is that ObamaCare is a train wreck. The best thing that could happen for democrats would be a one year delay.  Instead, democrats are demanding that we fund ObamaCare now and implement it immediately.  It is the ultimate “ready or not here we come” play.  I believe that in taking this position, democrats are setting themselves up for a huge problem right around the corner. Ultimately, the biggest loss for democrats may come from winning this battle.

In every war, there are casualties on both sides and a lot of collateral damage.  Both parties have decided to go all in on ObamaCare.  This time, the rejection of the revised House bill went strictly along party lines.  Every single Democrat in the Senate voted to fully fund ObamaCare with no delays.  They also voted to add that awful tax on medical devices.  Every Republican in the Senate voted no.  At some point, republicans are likely to yield to democrats and partially fund ObamaCare.  That will appear to be a major win for democrats, but the more they gain the more they lose.

If ObamaCare is the train wreck most people predict, then by going all in democrats will own it.  One the other hand, if ObamaCare is a major success, republicans are making a huge mistake.

Sometimes a government shutdown just shows how little positive impact the government has on our lives.  Everything that matters will go on, just as before.  The grim predictions of terrible things will not happen.  Eventually even the main stream media will notice that the world will keep on turning with or without the aid of the federal government.  The risk here for democrats is that there is a government shutdown and no one notices.

TDM