Shutdown Aftermath

            In the editorial published in the CNN website on October 21 2013, I think aimed towards democrats and others who don’t like the Republicans. The article talks about the aftermath of the government shutdown and that the majority of the public is blaming the Republicans. They also foretold that they think those Republicans won’t be reelected to office and see them as too extreme. Most people pointed out that Obama was the big winner of the government shutdown. The majority of Americans believe that another shutdown is imminent in the near future since they think that the Democrats and Republican parties won’t be able to compromise.

            I think that the author Paul Steinhauser did a great job directing the attention of the democratic audience he intended this article towards. Since the Republicans were the cause of the government shutdown that lasted 16 days they are taking most of the fallout but the democratic party and president are walking away unscathed. Steinhauser takes in what the public says from polls and how they feel they need better Republicans to represent them because the chances of the current ones getting reelected are slim, thus trying to stop another Republican tantrum generated government crisis. I agree that the Republican Party is to blame for the government shutdown and the events that followed almost causing the US to default and the public take notice that the Democrats were trying to stop the shutdown as soon as possible yet the Republicans were adamant about their standing and decided to play chicken. If another shutdown does occur I think that the government will take longer to decide and the economic casualties will be too high for any good to come out of it.