No retreat: Little reflection for House GOP after bruising shutdown

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Voters expecting to see reflection or remorse from Republicans after their fiscal walloping are still hearing a familiar party line on Obamacare: no retreat.

GOP approval ratings have sunk to record lows. Polls show that the public largely blames congressional Republicans for the standoff that took the United States to the brink of default.
Republicans extracted no concessions despite their charge to gut Obamacare in exchange for keeping the government open.

The party now finds itself in worse shape than a year ago, when President Barack Obama decisively beat Mitt Romney in the presidential race and party leaders commissioned an autopsy to address problems with messaging and outreach.

Yet there hasn’t been much soul-searching lately, and the last several weeks appear to be an afterthought to GOP leaders who have turned their attention right back to the health care law.

http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/27/21122323-no-retreat-little-reflection-for-house-gop-after-bruising-shutdown?lite

[BeyondGeography]

1. Bill Maher on Republicans: "There is no ideology; it's just about being a dick."

Which kind of tells you what the results of any "soul searching" would be, in the unlikely event it were to happen.

[Wounded Bear]

2. "Soul searching?"

It's hard to search for something that isn't there.

[notadmblnd]

3. Nothing is going to change in the US House

until the election.

People are sick of the repub-licks antics. And if they are going to dig in their heels and continue to do nothing to move this country forward, they will pay for it for a long time to come.

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4. it does appear to be political suicide.