The guy's premise here is that if there is no debt ceiling agreement, and Obama doesn't ignore the debt limit, he will have the opportunity to line item veto out any Republican favored spending.
Buchanan's response: doesn't have the nerve.
As for me, I don't know if it is nerve or what, but the idea that Obama will only spend on favored constituencies will not fly. That will be scandalous.
As for the blame falling on Republicans for a shut down, I think the Republicans can't be afraid of that. Let the chips fall where they may. One thing I am sure about, they were elected and put back into power in order to curb the very problem that they are dealing with. If they wimp out, they are definitely toast. If they hang in there, they just might survive politically. They have to hang in there.
Another argument for the Republicans to hang tough is look what happened last time. They caved last time and Clinton won reelection.
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