The Washington Free Beacon’s Ellison Barber joined The Blaze’s Real News Monday, saying Republicans in Congress would be better served to fight over raising the debt ceiling rather than threatening another government shutdown.
"It’s a good move politically. For now you can keep the attention on the Affordable Aare act, and then you can move your fight – to what I think is a smarter fight – to the debt ceiling," Barber said. "When you look at polls on how people feel about the debt ceiling, that consistently doesn’t poll well with them."
"People say they are more weary of raising the debt ceiling, especially without the government shutdown optics," Barber noted.