Republican shutdown is not playing well in Peoria. Or Kansas City. Or Sacramento. Or ...

[ProSense]

Republican shutdown is not playing well in Peoria. Or Kansas City. Or Sacramento. Or ...

by Laura Clawson

"Will it play in Peoria" is a time-honored way to ask how something will be seen by the middlest of Middle America. And by that measure, House Republicans are not doing well right now. According to an editorial in the Peoria Journal Star:

We believe that a clean continuing spending resolution - to fund the national parks so that veterans on an Honor Flight can see the World War II memorial before they die, to ensure people who need food stamps get them, etc. - would pass the House, as it has the Senate, if Speaker Boehner would just call that vote. Until that happens, he, his chamber and his Republicans own this shutdown, no matter what talking points they've adopted to try to deflect the blame for triggering yet another unnecessary crisis.

Ouch. There's no salvation for Republicans in Hampton Roads, where the Virginian-Pilot editorializes that the shutdown is:

Because a small group of tea party-led House Republicans so abhor the federal health care law that they will do anything - including embarrassing the nation and jeopardizing the livelihoods of millions of people - to stop it.

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The Kansas City Star:

Shame on Republicans for creating this mess. That includes every GOP House member from the Kansas City area, who have all voted to make routine government spending subject to inflicting fatal wounds to the Affordable Care Act.

We’re talking about Kevin Yoder and Lynn Jenkins from Kansas and Sam Graves and Vicky Hartzler from Missouri. Not one of them had the foresight or fortitude to stand up and say: “This will hurt the nation. I will not participate.” Unfortunately, House Speaker John Boehner refused to call for the up-or-down vote that would have separated the pragmatists in his party from the ideologues.

The Sacramento Bee:

They can spin it all they want, but House Republicans manufactured the crisis that now threatens to shut down the federal government and wreak havoc on world finances. Unless they budge, they will go down in history as hostage takers willing to tank the economy if their demands are not met.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/02/1243330/-Republican-shutdown-is-not-playing-well-in-Peoria-Or-Kansas-City-Or-Sacramento-Or

Poll Indicates GOP Has Been Deeply Damaged By Shutdown Fight
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023758198

The difference between Democrats and Republicans in one image, on one day
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023760563

A failure for the ages (Boehner)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023758956

[tridim]

1. The KC Star quotes are stunning. Calling RW'ers out by name is unheard of...

Especially on the Kansas side. Whoa!

[Richardo]

3. THAT is outstanding.

[ProSense]

4. They're being skewered. n/t

[Dawson Leery]

2. k/r

[CatWoman]

5. I'm originally from the Hampton Roads area

and have seen many reports (negatively for the GOP) on tv.

There's a HUGE military presence in that area.

[Scurrilous]

6. K & R

[sheshe2]

7. K&R