SEAN HANNITY: All the White House and Democrats have to do is say we are going to blame you for shutting down the government, and [GOP leadership] surrenders. Doesn't the next Speaker have to be willing to allow the president to shut down the government, fund every aspect of the goverment except [Obama's] priotities.



SEN. TED CRUZ: Well, we shouldn't have a shut down, but let me tell you what the situation is. GOP leadership has promised there will never be a shutdown. Never ever.



So Obama said, aha! I have a magic key, all I have to do is whisper the word 'shutdown,' and Republican leadership will run for the hills, so on every policy issue, he says fund all of Obamacare or I'll shut the government down... same thing on Planned Parenthood, same thing on Iran.