Part 1 was here
You won't see a lot of posts on the shut down here. To me, there is mostly just posturing right now before the two parties get serious and start to negotiate.
Keep in mind something though. A real hard bargainer will not negotiate at first. At the Paris Peace Talks during the Vietnam War Era, the North Vietnamese argued for a year or so over the shape of the table. That's Soviet style for you. No time limits. They'll act as if they have all the time in the world. Another tactic is emotionalism. Hence the attacks.
Basically, the Soviet style is win at all costs. It is a win-lose strategy that seeks to impose a defeat on the opponent.
Could you blame both sides for this? Yes. It all started with a House refusal to fund ObamaCare. But the Senate and the President have only acted in the same manner---refusing to negotiate and using emotional attacks. If anything, they have added fuel to the fire, so to speak.
In the meantime, you can't access the exchanges. People have had trouble signing up for the mandated insurance. If they can't get their act together, how can the government enforce the law? How can they fine somebody for not having coverage if they can't get it on the exchanges?
What we are seeing is a certain amount of non-seriousness from the Administration. From where I'm sitting, I fail to see how they can think that they are winning. The PR doesn't favor them as much as they seem to think.
Anyway, the posturing is not interesting to me. I'll post about other things because this kind of stuff annoys me more than anything else.
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