Turns out to my surprise that I'm getting old and grizzled, and while the current government shutdown threat is an interesting development, it's nothing I haven't seen before. Which is why I'm not particularly worried about this time - if Obama and Dems hold the line (which I expect they will), Republicans will end up owning an increasingly unpopular shutdown. I remember it from the Clinton era, back when Newt was the Craziest of the Crazy. I don't zactly remember what it was about at the time, but I remember a lot of people being mad about that for a long time.
Which brings us to now. I'm not sure what the demographics here on DK are, but I was curious about how our younger members (twenty-somethings and under) are experiencing this. The same thing that's drawing Cruz et al to this like a moth to flame is also likely capturing the attention of the younger members of this community, and I wanted to hear their thoughts.
But that got me thinking back to my last gov't shutdown experience, and I realized by then I was already an entrenched Democrat. That got me thinking about how I ended up where I am, and wondering about how you all ended up where you are. So after the jump, you tell me your story, and I'll tell you mine!