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09.22.13
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LET CALAMITY BE THE CURE
HE GROWING CLAMOR around the Beltway is that everyone should batten
down the hatches and get ready
for the inevitable government
shutdown. It’s an outcome that
House Speaker John Boehner
(R-Ohio) has worked hard to
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avoid, for the sake of his party’s
reputation. But Boehner, short
on time and tactics, may have no
other choice now than to let calamity physics work its will.
For the past week, warnings over
the possibility of a shutdown have
rung out. Jonathan Chait advised
just last week that “a government
shutdown is more likely now” because the time in which to actually deal-make around it is quickly
Speaker of
the House
John Boehner
(R-OH) has
thus far
attempted
to stave off a
government
shutdown on
the grounds
that it would
be bad for the
GOP’s brand.