@ByronYork Important point: the shutdown really only mattered inside the Beltway, especially with the media; flyover country was unaffected
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@ByronYork Why was it when Reagan vetoed legislation it was POTUS "shutting down the government" but with Dem presidents it's Congress? ;-)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork for once it might be nice to see the GOP stand for something. Leading from in front, novel idea I know, might be a winner.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork Would it be fair to say the Obamacare rollout overwhelmed any bad feelings from the partial shutdown?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork But it self-evidently was stupid and cost GOP dearly. Luckily, enough time to recover. http://content.gallup.com/origin/gallupinc/GallupSpaces/Production/Cms/POLL/lnqbxnkmreiyjx1qplct0a.png … -
@trippfunderburk@ByronYork That chart doesn't say anything about how people actually voter, though. Did it mobilize some voters? Probably -
@HarmonBrew@ByronYork The shutdown mobilized the American population to reduce the GOP approval rates by 10%. So, yes, it mobilized voters.
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@ByronYork If the gov got shut down that would make me happy.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork It probably mobilized some voters, no? Just as Obama & Dems work to mobilize with negative messages. (see Ferguson, Trayvon)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork@Aaron_RS but shutdown almost assuredly cost Republicans VAGov and VASenThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork It rallied the base, and the Democrats overplayed their hand in their eagerness to be petty thugs. A net positive for the GOP.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork Let’s have a montage of R’s predicting horrible 2014 elections when we had the shutdown.#nevergonnahappenThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork I heard that segment and you are correct, quite clear actually.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork only because Dems made even bigger mistakes - IRS scandal, Benghazi, and of course Obamacare.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ByronYork Sure didn't help!! Would have had New Hampshire and Virginia without it....it DOES NOT work!!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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