I, for one, am not the least bit scared. Once again, you like to make shit up and hope it sticks, a typical ConClown tactic.
This will force the republicans into actually having to help govern instead of just saying no. If they do not, they will get hammered in the next election just like they did after trying to shut down the government in the late 1995.
The GOP has polarized and poisoned the political process so badly that last two years that they have backed themselves in a corner and they don't know it yet. They can only do two things now:
Run their agenda of cutting spending, eliminating programs, no taxes, no compromise, and not touching the rich. The result of this? People (poor and middle class) will be hurt when you cut spending and programs. Look out for a poor and middle class tea party in 2012.
Or . . .
Fall on their face because they know they've been railing against the White House about issues they know they wouldn't have done any differently if they were already in power. Do you think the GOP wouldn't have passed Tarp and the Stimulus? Oops Bush did pass Tarp.