How does an average person know who is to blame if there is a government shutdown??

[el_bryanto]

2. That's pretty much true;

REpublicanoids are going to pretend that Obama is to blame no matter what - but for those who aren't as sold on Conservatism, you can point out that we've gone through several rounds of compromises, that Democrats have accepted huge cutbacks in social programs, and Republicans have given up very little. It's true that there needs to be a compromise, but Obama and the Democrats aren't the ones refusing to compromise.

As to whether we should be the compromising party, that's another discussion; but we are, so we may as well take advantage of it in this debate.

Bryant