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The shutdown according to House Speaker Ted Cruz

Arguably the greatest political comedian of his generation refines his routine at the Values Voters Summit in Washington, D.C.:

You know when the fight for Obamacare started, Sen. Mike Lee and I began by pitching it in Washington and it was abundantly clear that this was not a strategy that Washignton was going to embrace. [...] We went over their heads to the American people. [...]
For much of the month of August and September, Mike Lee and I traveled this country, speaking to town halls all over the country. [...] We went and made the case to the American people. Launched a website, dontfundit.com. In a matter of a few weeks, two million Americans signed that petition on dontfundit.com. [...]

It is because of you that the House of Representatives has been standing strong, because the House of Representatives has been listening to the people. [...] Repeatedly, the House of Representatives has acted to compromise, to fund vital priorities, and repeatedly, President Obama and the Democrats have refused to negotiate. [...]

In my view, the House of Representatives needs to keep doing what it's been doing, which is standing strong. [...] And that is the model for every other fight. We need no more Washington solutions, we need to go back to the American people.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/11/1246375/-The-shutdown-according-to-House-Speaker-Ted-Cruz