It seems to me that when the DemonRats have control of congress and the GOP grows some testicles and refuses to give in to all of the DemonRat demands that is Republicans fault if the government shuts down. Then, when the Republicans have control of congress and they refuse to give in to all of the DemonRat demands, it is STILL the Republicans fault if the government shuts down.
To be honest, from everything that I've read, the only reason that the government is shut down is because the DemonRats want the government to be shut down. Maybe the folks on the plantation, instead of bowing down to their overlords in the big house, need to be questioning their overlords, but I guess if the minions did that they wouldn't be good brainless minions.