U.S. Government shuts down.

[kandrathe]

The drama ends... for 3 months. Then we can do this brinksmanship exercise once again. I don't think anyone won anything, and certainly Mr. Cruz has lost -- at least this round of the game of "hold my breath until Obamacare goes away". Boehner proved he was willing to do whatever it takes to retain his leadership position, but outside of Washington - Boehner and Reid are despised more than ever.

The next round will be worse, and bloodier, since January 15th is the date when the next (deepest) round of sequester cuts dig into entitlements, and the Pentagon.


I'd be more for figuring out how to flatten that line out to cap spending under 4 trillion.

These are the games played here that disgust me the most. The shut down was arbitrarily made painful in order to "win" political points. The economic issues and impacts are the bigger concern for me.