Democratic strategist Joe Trippi said Sunday the Republican Party has cornered itself because of an "obsession" with repealing the Affordable Care Act, and that it has no one else to blame for the ongoing government shutdown.
"We're now seeing that that's how the shutdown crisis starts, with them wanting to … defund Obamacare, repeal it, get rid of it," Trippi said on "Fox News Sunday." "That's why it's so hard for them now to say they weren't responsible for shutting down the government."
He said the party's stance on Obamacare, whose online insurance-exchange program debuted last week amid a multitude of mishaps, is ultimately what will lead the country into fiscal default.
"In the wake of all that momentum on Obamacare and the Republicans trying to stop it, they could turn into the Grand Double-O Party — obstruction and obsession with Obamacare," he said.
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