It's safe to say her views reflected those of many of her conservative colleagues, and her reasoning was this: One, Obamacare as a policy is so far-reaching, so consequential, and so damaging that members of Congress should do everything they can -- everything -- to stop it before it fully goes into effect. Two, lesser measures to fight Obamacare -- repealing the medical device tax or making Congress purchase coverage through the exchanges without special subsidies -- are just not big enough to address the problem. And three, there have been government shutdowns in the past over far less urgent reasons that did not result in doom for Republicans.
Harry Reid wants a shutdown. POTUS wants a shutdown. They will get their shutdown.MSM will be dumbfounded when Dems get blame. #echochamber
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) September 30, 2013
