Yes, clearly shutting down the government in 2013 directly led to the the GOP winning the midterms in 2014. http://spectator.org/articles/60939/ted-cruz-wins-shutdown-worked …
@ChasFlemming the shutdown also contributed by teaching Republicans not to do it again -- a valuable lesson that paid dividends in 2014
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@mattklewis I will say this: The newcomers are more like Cruz than McConnell. -
@ChasFlemming I suspect they end up being more like Rubio, Flake, Toomey, Rand, Ayotte, et al., than either. -
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@mattklewis They're more like him than they are McConnell. > Pat Toomey and Ghosts of ‘Moderates’ Past http://bit.ly/1Er3lto
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@mattklewis I'll also say this: GOP was successfully branded as Party of No. VERY successfully branded. And they won. Despite? Or because?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mattklewis I don't think so. Of course there's no way to prove one way or the other. Politics is almost all feel.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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