U.S. Government shuts down.

[kandrathe]

With the backbiting and infighting within the party right now, everyone watching the situation knows that the votes to do it without the InsaniTea Party are there.

It's about 30 house members which even Krauthammer calls the "suicide caucus"... But, then there is a bunch of Republicans who are afraid of breaking ranks for primary reasons, and then a group who are going along with them. At some point, though, I suspect the 30 in the "suicide caucus" will be out there on their own.

Reid might win if the Republican's blink here, but what if they don't? The democrats may not want to negotiate with terrorists, that is until the shutdown becomes akin to shooting the hostages, and then maybe not until they get to someone you really care about.