You're kidding right? You think this is the swan song for the GOP? We had a shutdown every year from '76 to 90, then a five year gap, then it got shelved for a while because that one wasn't especially effective and we had 2 major wars in full swing. People never give a shit about this stuff a few months later, frankly its just a slow news cycle especially on politics. Eventually a deal will be reached, someone will come out a head though both sides will proclaim victory. Some dems will shout how it was a great triumph for Obama, some will scream that he rolled too easily, some GOP will claim the Republicans taught the libs a lesson, other will bellow Boehner and the RINOs rolled on them.

It is a big deal but let's not get melodramatic here, we already had to put up with moondog's useless insane remarks on the subject we don't need another thread of wild hyper-partisan claims about how the GOP/Dems are all [insert over the top garbage, terrorists and communists seem the current favorites] bent on destroying the country.