Republicans are going to get blamed for a government shutdown. Bigly.

If House Republicans can’t find a way to wrangle their always-fractious conference to support legislation that would avoid a government shutdown by Friday night, they are likely to bear the brunt of the blame for the closure and pay a serious political price as well.

The “why” is simple. Because a) the GOP controls all levers of power — House, Senate and White House — in Washington and b) average people are aware of a). CONT.

Chris Cillizza, CNN