Though they don't seem to realize it, John Boehner and Republican leaders in the House have President Obama and the Democrats in a political chokehold. Boehner need only keep the government shuttered (actually, the 17 percent of government deemed "non-essential") until Obama capitulates. How do I know that Obama will capitulate?

1. The massive, furloughed federal bureaucracy is the Democrat Party
2. The conservative base is fired up.
3. The shutdown reveals how little the federal government matters to us.
4. The shutdown reveals how petty and spiteful this administration is.
5. Because it's the right thing to do.

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