House Republicans to Blame?

Hunter, a writer for "Daily Kos" political blog who prefers not to mention his last name, wrote an article today about the government shut down that just occurred. Although many citizens have many things to say about what just took place, this particular article caught my eye because it seems to place all of the blame on the House Republicans, even mentioning it in the title of the article, "Prison, border guards required to work with out pay during House tantrum". Tantrum?! My opinion on this matter is that the House Republicans are not completely to blame for the government shut down. Our debt has been accumulated for years now, and the blame for this shut down can be placed on every single person involved in politics. I think that Obama, the House Republicans, and every government official bickering about Obamacare are being stubborn, and they need to come to a negotiation before this gets even more out of hand. I feel that there should have been a better alternative to a shut down, but I'm sure if there was we wouldn't have proceeded with the shut down, so I guess they did what they had to. Although this article may contain some truth, such as the citizens required to work with out pay, it lacks little, if any evidence to prove that this shut down should be blamed solely on the House. The argument isn't even well formulated, it just makes witty little puns about how the House Republicans should have made better decisions. Fortunately for the writer, it has some logic behind the argument because, from what I've seen, people either side with the House, Obama, or just think that they are all being ignorant (neutral). So I guess this particular blog was just directed towards House-bashers, in which case maybe they did a good job of getting them all worked up into blaming the House. However, one thing I do agree with Hunter about is that it is absolutely ridiculous to expect people to do their jobs with out being paid (prison guards, border patrol, etc.). I know I wouldn't come to work if I were that person, and if something doesn't change I think that the outcome of that matter could be very bad as well.