Who do you blame more for the shutdown?

[Nichlemn]

Both parties. Both parties could have stopped the shutdown by acquiescing to the demands of the other, and both refused. The only way to say the GOP solely is to say that it's patently unreasonable to want to repeal Obamacare. Most people here are citing the 2012 election as some kind of mandate for Obamacare as a reason for this. But as John Sides (no right-winger) points out, elections in general don't really produce "mandates", let alone 2012.