NEWT : GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN :: REID : CUTTING OFF FUNDING FOR THE IRAQ WAR

HUBRIS ALMOST ALWAYS LEADS TO OVER-ESTIMATING ONE'S REACH.

NEWT MISCALCULATED WHEN HE THOUGHT HE COULD SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN ON CLINTON. THE PLOY BACKFIRED AND HURT NEWT AND THE GOP MORE THAN IT HURT CLINTON.

REID IS ALSO MISCALCULATING.