John McCain Blames Tea Party for Shutdown

Here is a link to a couple of articles:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/10/john-mccain-tea-party_n_4075052.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/25/john-mccain-ted-cruz_n_3989887.html?utm_hp_ref=john-mccain
And here is one point out the irony of the government shutdown:
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/09/how-government-shutdown-will-affect-obamacare-launch/70021/

The article is about how John McCain blames some members of the GOP for the government shutdown. John McCain is sometimes considered a maverick and will often be the first to negotiate. The other article from 'The Atlantic Wire' points out that the intention of the government shutdown will not be achieved. Basically the government shutdown will not for the most part affect Obamacare. Obamacare is designed to not need to be renewed every year.

This article about John McCain shows the growing split within the GOP between the Tea Party fanatics and the 'moderate' old guard. However, this is unlike most other splits in our history that occur within a party. Usually, when a split happens, the new 'camp' are the more left-leaning ones. The 'Mugwumps', of the late 19th century, are an example of this. In this case the opposite is true. The Tea Party are by far more right-wing than the already relatively far-right Republican Old Guard. I'm using relative in the scale of other democratic nations worldwide.

My prediction for what will result is as follows: there will be a Hegelian antithesis of the Tea Party occurring on the far-left, resulting in an overall shift of this countries political spectrum to the left slightly from where it is now. Hopefully, the Tea Party will end our now thirty era of Conservatism that has dominated our political landscape since the late seventies. We are in need of many reforms.