Why Republicans could win a shutdown battle with President Obama

Republicans didn't destroy themselves with the last shutdown. They could perhaps profit from another.

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Last October, Republicans embarked on a fool's errand to stop ObamaCare with a government shutdown. They ended up sending their party's approval rating into a seeming death spiral.

Yet the GOP soon rebounded, helped along by the health care law's poor rollout. This month, Republicans pummeled Democrats in the midterms en route to their largest congressional majority since World War II.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.