Here’s how the factions responded:
CLs: Bleah! Bleah! The beast is gorging, not starving!
Reactionaries: We didn’t grant amnesty for illegal immigrants, and there are no new programs for the undeserving poor, so OK.
PBPs: Reagan proved deficits don’t matter. Keeping the government open makes the GOP look responsible and thus helps us keep our tax cuts and deregulation.
CDs: Providing money for social programs is a good way to help the poor.
And so, the CLs have been routed, but they have nowhere else to go, politically. Welcome to the era of “Funhouse Reagan.”