Republicans are behaving like “lemmings with suicide vests” - TopicsExpress

Republicans are behaving like “lemmings with suicide vests” and "now we have to stick with the Ted Cruz-lemmings strategy" Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) Republicans threatening shutdown are a “suicide caucus” Conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer “A shutdown would be completely unnecessary and reckless” Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) This shutdown “disaster” is “Ted Cruz’s fault” Rep. Peter King (R-NY) “After voting against [Obamacare] some 40 times, we have represented our constituents and made our point” Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) “Let’s not shut down the government just because you don’t get everything you want” Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) Risking a government shutdown over defunding Obamacare is the “dumbest idea I’ve ever heard” Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)