By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--October 1, 2013
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“Here’s what the White House and the Hill will monitor: One is how the press covers the shutdown and does it go back into 1990s mode of saying, 'Obstructionist Republicans are causing a shutdown, and real people are hurting?' Then they're going to watch the polls and see whether - it's not just partisan - whether by the end of the week there's surveys that show - both public and private - that people are blaming Republicans. And that's going to put pressure on Boehner to come to the floor and force some members of his own conference - beyond the handful that will never be with him on this - to come to have a compromise."
If the federal government shuts down starting Tuesday because of a bitter partisan battle over the new health care law, more people say congressional Republicans rather than President Barack Obama would be responsible, according to a new national survey. A CNN/ORC International poll released Monday morning, hours before funding for the government is scheduled to run out, also indicates that most Americans think Republicans in Congress are acting like spoiled children in this fiscal fight, with the public divided on whether the president is acting like a spoiled child or a responsible adult. And six in 10 questioned in the survey say they want Congress to approve a budget agreement to avoid a government shutdown, and if it happens, most people say a shutdown would be a bad thing for the country.According to the numbers, the President is acting like a "Responsible adult" while Congress is acting like "spoiled children" by a margin of 49/47. Despite the very narrow two point victory, CNN is presenting this as proof positive that America is fed up with the GOP, and that U.S. citizens want the Republicans to fund the Affordable Care act.
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