EXCHANGING NIHILISM FOR STAGNATION
If you haven't noticed, the GOP-Teapublican message machine will soon be ramping up the subtle message that *everything* that occurs, every showdown, is a referendum on the President.
After hanging two year's worth of their nihilism on Democrats, they will now want to hang two years of the stagnation they will create, by cutting spending during a downturn/recovery and firing Federal Employees, around the President's neck.