Obama's Playing Politics with the Shutdown - 2nd Term Blues

The White House: A Statement that President Obama will no be going to Asia due to the US Government shutdown, " Due to the government shut-down, President Obama’s travel to Indonesia and Brunei has been cancelled. The President made this decision based on the difficulty in moving forward with foreign travel in the face of a shutdown, and his determination to continue pressing his case that Republicans should immediately allow a vote to reopen the government.  Secretary Kerry will lead delegations to both countries in place of the President.

The cancellation of this trip is another consequence of the House Republicans forcing a shutdown of the government.   This completely avoidable shutdown is setting back our ability to create jobs through promotion of U.S. exports and advance U.S. leadership and interests in the largest emerging region in the world.  The President looks forward to continuing his work with our allies and partners in the Asia-Pacific and to returning to the region at a later date. ".

Lets Get Real:

The question that moderate and conservative Democrats in the House and the Senate have to ask would President Obama be loyal to them IF his political future was at stake, he does not have to run again, Democrats face a fight in 2014 and 2016.   This is not like the US Government shutdowns of the 80s and 90s. the elite media does not control the message, the growth of conservative talk radio, Fox News and blogs means that the ONE message of the liberal elite does not control what the rest of the voters see, now the American people see the failure of the ObamaCare websites, it is being taken down over the weekend because it does not work.    Thus the Republicans have to stick together, the should not give an inch on the CR or the debt ceiling, if the Oval wants to go Over the financial cliff so be it, he can join President Hoover as a failed President.   The Oval is listening to itself, a recent job approval poll on Gallup had Obama on 41% job approval, while 52% of Americans Disapprove of the job performance of the President Obama.   Lets recall folks President Clinton had a 52% job approval before and after his shutdown.   Thus folks the Republicans start at the bottom in approval, they have nowhere to go, while Obama can drop further, thus the Republicans should play Chicago hardball, and WIN folks, lets the Oval take the US over the cliff and deal with the results.