For the GOP, defunding ObamaCare is their compromise position.

Many people who call themselves liberal and moderates, including most political pundits, can't understand how the GOP can take what seems the ridiculous, and very far-right, move to shutdown the government if ObamaCare is funded. Well, what they all miss is that for the GOP, that is a compromise position. Shutting down the federal government is their real desire, their perfect solution for the country.

Most pundits can't understand why the GOP keeps harping on the size of government when the the deficit spending of the government has fallen 60%. Well, the simple reason is, to the GOP, any federal budget other than for defense is too much. This is a party that doesn't want to get rid of 3 cabinet posts, it wants to get rid of the federal government's ability to oversee them. To them, Education, Commerce, and Health and Human Services should be run by the the states. The GOP doesn't care about people in large cities, so Housing and Urban Development can be eliminated. Most states run by the GOP are enacting laws to get the federal government out of elections and want federal agents to be arrested for serving gun warrants. They also want to get rid of the IRS. That takes care of the Department of Justice and the Attorney General for the GOP. Business have too many regulations on them, so after getting rid of Commerce, getting of the Department of Labor is perfectly fine with them, too. Big oil companies can do what they want, so what does the GOP need with the Departments of Energy or Agriculture? Nothing, so they can be axed. The GOP doesn't want the government to fix roads and bridges, and wants to stop all subsidies of trains and alternative modes of travel to cars. So, the GOP can get rid of the Department of Transportation. Since the two factions of the GOP either wants to isolate America from the rest of the world or bomb any country that isn't already in a treaty with the country, the Department of State can be at least downgraded and folded in the Department of Defense, if not eliminated. The Department of Homeland Security is really part of Defense, too, as is the VA, and therefore they could be folded in Defense, although they wouldn't lose money. After all, Defense contractors never lose money, do they?

For the GOP, keeping the rest of the federal government running while defunding ObamaCare is their compromise position. In a perfect country for the GOP, there would only be the Departments of Defense and Treasury, and the President would have no power over the states. Wait!! Why can't the states mint their own money? Now, that would really be a perfect country for the GOP.