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To recap: some conservatives pursued a legislative strategy that failed and made their party incredibly unpopular, just like everyone fucking said it would.That’s pretty stupid, but even worse is the fact that none of the architects of that strategy will suffer the consequences they should. The Tea Party representatives are from districts so conservative (thanks at least partly to gerrymandering), they have little to fear in the way of electoral challenges from Democrats or even moderate Republicans. Pundits who were in favour of the shutdown like Rush Limbaugh will make their money no matter what happens to the GOP. And Cruz? Predictably, he blamed the “Washington establishment” for “refusing to listen to the American people [who were overwhelming against the shutdown and who hate my guts like poison]” for the disintegration of the Tea Party position. His hometown newspaper, the Houston Chronicle, has turned on him in a major way, but he’ll still probably run for president, write a best-selling book that panders to his increasingly narrow base of support, and at worst wind up having his own conservative talk radio show after suffering a primary defeat. None of these people will ever admit for a second that they were wrong.House conservatives read writing on wall RT @Chris_Moody GOP Rep. Mulvaney on the recent efforts to cripple parts of Obamacare: "We lost."
— Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) October 16, 2013
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