AFP — Obama slams John Boehner: Take a vote, stop this farce.

“Speaker John Boehner won’t even let the bill get a yes or no vote, because he doesnt want to anger the extremists in his party,” Obama said.

“That is what his whole thing is about.”

“There’s a simple way to prove it. Send the bill to the floor, let everybody vote.”

“It will pass. Send me the bill, I will sign it. The shutdown will be over and we can get back to the business of governing and helping the American people. It could happen in the next half hour.”

The Democrats should be shouting this single message loudly. Many do not realize that an up or down vote would be an up vote. They are buffaloed into thinking that the votes aren't there.

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Obama slams John Boehner: Take a vote, stop this farce
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AP — Obama Pins Shutdown Blame On John Boehner

Boehner afraid that if he brings up the bill for a clean bill, he'll be voted out as speaker?

Here's a good one.

"Now that we've jumped off the cliff, lit ourselves on fire, we've entered the valley of death," said Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., who has criticized the conservatives' strategy. "So now we've got to keep running and we have to hold together."

Great thinking. Make a mistake? Double down. No wonder the country is going down the toilet,