capecodcarl

Republicans won't be affected by this though since most of them are in secure districts after recent gerrymandering. Nothing will really change until after 2020 when the next Census occurs IMHO. From listening to the news, only one Republican representative is in a district currently deemed a toss-up in the 2014 elections, everyone else is secure.

If you watch Fox News they're actually spinning the shut down as a good thing and pro-Republican viewers tend to watch that channel for their news. Fox was just saying this morning "Wow, only 6% of the EPA workers are deemed essential and at work today, that really shows we could cut the other 94% and save the government money." I wanted to punch my TV.

It seems ridiculous that a candidate can have his name on the ballot for two different offices at the same time. You should have to choose one or the other.