Although remembering back to the last government shut-down, Clinton came out of that ordeal looking every part the hero.  The President had stood up to a Republican-dominated Congress and was not about to allow them to pull a fast one.  There is the off chance that the same could happen to the Republican cause if Bush were to use a veto against a Democrat-controlled Congress (especially since this is an issue that a terrifyingly high number of Americans support.

But god I hope not.

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