The Road to Shutdown

Anarchy, Ho! seems to be the GOP strategy of the moment as the House is riding the shutdown train.  Even John Boehner is joining what the NY Times calls The March to Anarchy.

Until now, the only House Republicans pushing for a government shutdown and debt crisis were a few dozen on the radical right, the ones Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, referred to as “the anarchists.” On Wednesday, however, the full Republican caucus, leadership and all, joined the anarchy movement, announcing plans to demand the defunding of health care reform as the price for keeping the government open past Sept. 30.

Earl Blumenauer posted commentary on his Facebook Page.

Appalling House GOP plan just released: Extend harmful protections for Monsanto and repeal Obamacare or we shut the government down.

 The Senate will of course reject the extra conditions and send a clean Resolution back to the House, then it's up to House and Senate members to get something passed by both.

“We’re going to pass a clean CR without any of the defunding stuff,” said a senior Democratic aide.
Reid is betting he can attract enough Republican votes to pass a Senate bill that repudiates the House effort to defund Obama’s signature healthcare initiative.
“We are completely united on this issue. We’re not defunding ObamaCare and we’re not negotiating on the debt ceiling,” Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), Reid’s deputy, told reporters Wednesday. “We believe — at least we hope — that the mainstream, reasonable Republicans, as they get closer and closer to the deadline, will come to their senses.
“If they think we’re going to back off, they’re wrong, they’re on a different planet,” he added.