RSS Feeds  Republicans get opposite of stated goals  Thursday -
10/3/2013, 3:34am  ET  AP: 0638323d-6481-487e-bf5c-6a4b1fca9748
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., departs the
Capitol en route to the White House after President Barack Obama
invited top lawmakers to discuss an end to the government
shutdown, in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Earlier
Wednesday, Republicans rejected Democratic demands to vote on
legislation ending a two-day partial government shutdown without
changes to the nation's three-year-old health care law. (AP
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ESPO AP Special Correspondent  WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans
insisted they wanted to shut down the nation's 3-year-old health
care overhaul, not the government. They got the opposite, and
now struggle to convince the public that responsibility for
partial closure of the federal establishment lies with President
Barack Obama and the Democrats.  There's ample evidence
otherwise, beginning with Speaker Joh