So, the GOP has finally backed themselves into a corner they can't escape

[Nanjing to Seoul]

If they shut down the government, they lose the majority in the House in the next election.

If they don't, the teabaggers will primary them and they may lose their power in the primary since most teabaggers don't get elected.

And the only people that lose: Those not in the upper 1%.

[PeteSelman]

1. Why do you think they'll lose the House?

They've gerrymandered themselves into an indefinite hold on the House. Couple that with all the election rigging they're doing and the fact the half of the country is right on board with these idiots and you have them holding the House and possibly getting the Senate.

This country is that fucked up.

[kentuck]

2. Unless the media and their corporate masters suffer...

Then they would pay a price. I don't see how their actions help anyone?

[PeteSelman]

3. Your response is confusing.

If the media and their corporate sponsors suffer then perhaps there will be a price. But it won't hurt them, they'll go on eating filet mignon while giving the idiots that blame the President the microphone.

It'll break even. And breaking even leaves us with a Republican House.

[kentuck]

6. The stock market and the world economy are not immune from their actions.

If it affects the economy, it affects the corporations that own the media. If their bottom line is affected by Republican policies, they may present a totally different perspective? The last time they tried this crap, the nation's credit rating was downgraded.

[PeteSelman]

9. But the people most likely to do their bidding are Republicans.

While they have bought a significant portion of the Democratic Party, the owners know who really butters their bread. Even in an economic downturn the .01% make out like bandits.

[BlueToTheBone]

4. I love the primary factor. That will

definitely help to evict them from Congress.

[Eddie Haskell]

5. You're assuming they need real votes ...

When a few programmers will do the job.

[bluestate10]

7. A good conspiracy theory is cover for not caring enough to vote or convince family

and friends to vote. If a person convince others that a computer programmer working in a dark back room can change an election result, then no one that want progressive change will vote, as a result gross conservatives will win.

[madville]

8. They are doing what their voters want

Obstruct government and defund the ACA. Why wouldn't they get reelected? This is what they were sent there to do.

Elections, especially midterms, come down to turnout. Midterms typically have much lower turnout than presidential years, that has favored the Republicans lately because their voters have been more motivated even though they are outnumbered these days. The gerrymandering helps as well, but turnout is the major factor.

We might could narrow the gap a bit in the House but I doubt we get it back this go round, better chance in 2016.