Who's to blame for government shutdown? Vote in poll

A week has passed by and the U.S. Federal Government is still shutdown. A cacophony of accusations and exchange of bovine excrement has dominated the negotiations between House Republican leadership and President Obama's Senate Democratic leadership. Republicans want to delay and defund the controversial Affordable Care Act of 2010 also known as Obamacare and are using this as leverage in the current budget process. Democrats refuse to negotiate on this point since the legislation has been approved by Congress, deemed constitutional by the Supreme Court, and President Obama was resoundingly reelected last year thus equating it as a mandate of approval from the American people. While the shutdown has been reported as a draconian reminder of our current dysfunctional political process responsible for crippling the country, only 17% of the actual government is shutdown. Politicians and media continue to use fear mongering as a tool to push 'Chicken Little' voters to push Republicans into a corner of consent. Chicken Little knows a band-aid and rubbing alcohol aren't going to patch up the deep wound that is our economic depression and a budget that only makes it worse. The sky fell along time ago and 'Chicken Little's' across the country are beginning to realize this. We ask our politicos this week "Who shares the most responsibility for the U.S. Federal Government shutdown?" Please vote in our weekly non-scientific poll and send me your comments at ahd@newmexicopolitico.com