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I mean, they wouldn't shutdown the gov if they thought it was going to have a negative effect. Point is, they've tried and failed to get what they want enough times before that their opinion is in the minority, or at least can be politically overruled in most circumstances. They may have enough power to be an annoyance but if they had enough power to make a change they would have already. Thats the problem, not that the Republicans are within their rights, but that they don't have enough political power to make the Democrats negotiate. Why should the Democrats sit down and negotiate if they don't have to?