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As the dust settles form the last minute settlement to avoid a government shutdown, it is clear, at least to me, that Boehner came up short. From a campaign promise of $100 billion, House Republicans bargained themselves down to $61 billion, which was reduced even further in the negotiations with the Democrats to $38 billion.\u00a0\u00a0 As for the riders, Boehner did not get a single one. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The bottom line seems to be that Boehner simply was not going to let the government shutdown.\u00a0\u00a0 In the run up to last Friday\u2019s deadline Democrats were eagerly looking forward to a shutdown, while Republicans grew increasingly fear full.\u00a0\u00a0 Both sides were looking back at the last shutdown, which, in the mythology of the beltway, has come to be seen as a disaster for the Republican, even though in the next election they held on to the house, losing only two seats. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Even going back to Reagan, Republicans have demonstrated a huge reluctance to shut down the government.\u00a0\u00a0 Reagan complained about the size of the budgets that Congress put before him, but in the end he signed them because he had to, for otherwise the government would shut down. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Democrats play this game very well.\u00a0 They know Republicans are likely to blink, and therefore they like large packages of bills.\u00a0 The bigger the consequences of a shutdown, the better the Democrats like it.\u00a0 Thus when Republican passed a bill to pay the military through the end of the year, Democrats refused to act on it.\u00a0 They would rather risk troops in the field going without pay than put NPR or Planned Parenthood at risk. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Boehner, and some other Republicans, claim this is just a first step, and that the amounts of money being cut here, while historically significant, were minuscule when compared with the true scope of the problem. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In this they are correct, as $38 billion is only about 1 week\u2019s borrowing. These House Republicans point to the bill on raising debt limit, and next year\u2019s budget as better places to stand and fight, with somewhat vague assurances that they will.\u00a0 Let\u2019s hope so. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A congressman not happy with the deal, \u00a0John Campbell, being interviewed on Hugh Hewitt\u2019s show last Friday stated that based on the testimony of economist the country has somewhere between 2-5 years, possibly even less, before the house of cards that is the federal deficit brings the economy crashing down.\u00a0 A few worried investors are already beginning to get out of federal treasuries. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So for the three major chances to truly get the federal budget under control, the congressional Republicans have let the first opportunity go by them for a strike, refusing to even swing. They have two more opportunities.\u00a0 Next up: the debt limit. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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