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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Starving Grandma...already beginning
	Date:	4/6/2011 8:31:48 AM

Hound, look at the polling on the shutdown issue as it is very interesting. Rasmussen 57% OK with government shutdown if it leads to budget cuts. Only 31% disagree and the rest are unsure. So a majority of Americans actually favor shutting down the government if that is what it takes. And a recent Gallup poll indicated that just as many Americans will blame the Dems as the GOP for a shut down.

Only the government media and the Dems will blame the GOP for the shutdown (the Washington bubble will be rattling but not so in the rest of the country). Also, people keep claiming that this will be a repeat of 1995 and they are just wrong. Some important differences from then. In 1995 about the only conservative voice on radio or tv was Rush Limbaugh. Today there are literally dozens of conservatives on radio so the truth on the shutdown will be out there unlike 1995. We also have a plethora of conservative websites, facebook, youtube and other means to get the truth out. Also, there was no Fox News in 1995. Finally, and I have pointed this out before, the conventional wisdom that the shutdown hurt the GOP is factually wrong. In fact, after the shutdown the GOP kept control of the House for the first time in over 60 years. And their net loss? A grand total of 2 seats!